§ 69-3-1 Mining claim location and posting notice
§ 69-3-5 Penalty
§ 69-3-6 Penetration of water stratum by mine discovery or drill hole;
§ 69-3-7 Discovery of natural gas or hydrocarbons
§ 69-3-8 [Exceptions.]
§ 69-3-9 Penalty
§ 69-3-10 [Boundary posts.]
§ 69-3-11 Relocation
§ 69-3-12 Amended and additional location notices
§ 69-3-12.1 Annual labor and annual filings
§ 69-3-13 [Alteration, removal or destruction of location marks or notice; penalty.]
§ 69-3-14 [Defacing or changing location notice; penalty; correction of errors.]
§ 69-3-18 [Abandonment of mining claims; methods; encumbered claims.]
§ 69-3-22 [Size of placer mining claims.]
§ 69-3-23 [Regulations by private landowners as to mining locations;
§ 69-3-24 [No trespassing notices.]
§ 69-3-25 [Penalty for trespass; exceptions.]
§ 69-3-26 [Trespass against person rightfully in possession.]
§ 69-3-27 [Trespass by livestock; liability of owner.]
§ 69-3-28 [Termination of lease; thirty days’ notice.]
§ 69-3-29 [Terminating lease without notice; liability in damages;
§ 69-3-30 [Stockholders; right of entry and examination of mines.]
§ 69-3-31 [Denial to stockholders of right of entry; penalty.]
§ 69-3-32 [“Stockholders” defined.]
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Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 69 > Article 3 - Mining Locations and Operations

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