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Chapter 45-4

S.D. Codified Laws ch. 45-4

Location and Working of Mining Claims

45-4-1Discovery of lode within limits of claim essential.45-4-2Conditions precedent to filing of location certificate.45-4-3Marking surface boundaries of claim.45-4-4Location certificate--Recording of claim--Contents--Validity.45-4-5Location certificate limited to single location.45-4-6Dimensions of lode claim--Determination of width by election.45-4-7Fee for recording and certification of location certificate--Certified copy.45-4-8Additional location certificate--Relocation--Existing rights of others not affected--Claimant not precluded from proving title under previous location.45-4-9Relocation of abandoned lode--Fixing of boundaries--Erection of new discovery monument--Contents of relocation certificate.45-4-10Location certificate--Surface ground included and excluded.45-4-11Longitudinal limits of claim.45-4-12RepealedRepealed 45-4-13Right to mine separate from right to surface--Security required of miner--Enforcement.45-4-14Fencing of mining claim or mineral property for protection of livestock--Duties on abandonment--Liability for damages--Violation as misdemeanor.45-4-15Actions involving mining claims--Proof of customs, usages, or regulations.45-4-16Actions involving mining claims--Survey ordered by court.45-4-17Order requiring survey of disputed claim--Designation of surveyor--Witnesses to examine property.45-4-18Order requiring survey of disputed claim to be made in open court or upon notice--Agreement--Affidavits.45-4-19Order for removal of obstacles in drifts or shafts.45-4-20Association with another to obtain possession of a lode, gulch, or placer claim by force and violence, by threats of violence, or by stealth--Misdemeanor.45-4-21Trials under § 45-4-20--Evidence sufficient for conviction.45-4-22Writs of injunction to restore person to possession of mining property.45-4-23Recording required--Affidavit of labor--Recording fee.