When any improvements are made upon any claim held or used for arable or pastoral agriculture or upon any building lot, mill site, or other lot or premises and any person demands of the claimant to mine any portion of the claim upon which such improvements have been made, it is lawful for the occupant or holder of the claim to require a good and sufficient bond, in a sum double the value of the improvements upon the land sought to be mined, from the party demanding to mine upon the claim, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the county court of the county in which the claim is situate conditioned that the party shall pay all damage which may be sustained by the occupant or holder of such claim to the improvements thereon.
Source: R.S. p. 534, § 15. G.L. § 2138. G.S. § 2688. R.S. 08: § 5134. C.L. § 1117. CSA: C. 134, § 15. CRS 53: § 112-1-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-16. L. 64: p. 301, § 257.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 36 - Natural Resources - General
Article 2 - Rights of Occupants
§ 36-2-101. Right of Citizens Claiming
§ 36-2-102. Declaration of Occupation
§ 36-2-103. Interest Transferable
§ 36-2-104. Rights Acquired Before and After November 7, 1861
§ 36-2-105. Form of Declaration of Occupant
§ 36-2-106. Effect of Declaration or Deed
§ 36-2-107. Declaration Not to Include Mines
§ 36-2-108. Settler May Maintain Trespass
§ 36-2-109. Inclosure Not Necessary in Suit
§ 36-2-110. Claim Must Be Marked
§ 36-2-111. Neglect to Occupy - Fence - Plow
§ 36-2-112. Town Lots - Abandonment - Mining Districts
§ 36-2-113. Right of United States Not Denied
§ 36-2-114. Mining Claims Not Affected
§ 36-2-115. Mining Under Claim - Bond - Damages
§ 36-2-116. Assessment of Damage to Improvements