(a) Extralateral rights under shoreland, tideland, and submerged land are confirmed and granted to an owner of a lode mining claim located before January 3, 1959, under the mining laws of the United States.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 38.05.252

  • land: means all land, including shoreland, tideland , and submerged land, or resources belonging to or acquired by the state. See Alaska Statutes 38.05.965
  • shoreland: means land belonging to the state which is covered by nontidal water that is navigable under the laws of the United States up to ordinary high water mark as modified by accretion, erosion, or reliction. See Alaska Statutes 38.05.965
  • tideland: means land that is periodically covered by tidal water between the elevation of mean high water and mean low water. See Alaska Statutes 38.05.965
(b) In this section, “extralateral rights” means rights given to an owner of a mining claim under 30 U.S.C. § 26 to follow, and mine, any vein or lode the apex of which lies within the boundaries of the location of the surface of the mining claim, notwithstanding that the course of the vein or lode on its dip or downward direction may so far depart from the perpendicular as to extend beyond the planes which would be formed by the vertical extension downwards of the sidelines of the location.
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