Any open cut, crosscut, or tunnel which cuts a lode at the depth of ten feet below the surface shall hold such lode, the same as if a discovery shaft were sunk thereon, or an adit of at least ten feet in along the lode, from the point where the lode may be in any manner discovered, shall be equivalent to a discovery shaft.
Source: L. 1874: p. 187, § 7. G.L. § 1817. G.S. § 2403. R.S. 08: § 4199. C.L. § 3285. CSA: C. 110, § 175. CRS 53: § 92-22-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-22-8.
Structure Colorado Code
Article 43 - Claims - How Located
§ 34-43-101. Length of Lode Claim
§ 34-43-102. Width of Lode Claim
§ 34-43-103. Lode Claim Certificate - Contents
§ 34-43-104. Location Certificate Void - When
§ 34-43-105. Certificate Shall Contain but One Location
§ 34-43-106. Manner of Locating Claims
§ 34-43-107. Marking Boundaries
§ 34-43-108. To Hold Lode - Crosscut - Tunnel - Adit
§ 34-43-109. Sixty Days to Sink Discovery Shaft
§ 34-43-110. What Location Includes - Extralateral Rights
§ 34-43-111. Top Not to Be Followed Beyond Lines
§ 34-43-112. Placer Claim Certificate - Recording - Manner of Locating
§ 34-43-113. Tunnel Claim - Recording