47-613. CERTAIN SURVEYS MAY QUALIFY AS ANNUAL LABOR. Annual assessment work or labor upon a mining claim as required by the United States mining laws shall be defined to include, without being limited to, geological, geochemical and geophysical surveys conducted by qualified experts and verified by a detailed report filed for record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the claim is located which sets forth fully (1) the location of the work performed in relation to the boundaries of the claim, (2) the nature, extent, and costs thereof, (3) the basic findings therefrom, and (4) the name, address, and professional background of the person or persons conducting the work. Surveys of this kind, however, may not be applied as labor for more than two (2) consecutive years or for more than a total of five (5) years on any one (1) mining claim, and each of these surveys shall be nonrepetitive of any previous survey on the same claim.
History:
[47-613, added 1970, ch. 92, sec. 18, p. 227.]
Structure Idaho Code
Chapter 6 - LOCATION OF MINING CLAIMS
Section 47-601 - MINING CLAIM LOCATIONS AUTHORIZED.
Section 47-602 - METHOD OF LOCATING MINING CLAIM.
Section 47-604 - NOTICE MUST BE RECORDED.
Section 47-605 - RECORD OF ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATE.
Section 47-607 - LOCATION OF ABANDONED CLAIM.
Section 47-608 - NOTICE MUST CLAIM ONLY ONE LOCATION.
Section 47-609 - SECURITY TO SURFACE OWNERS — INJUNCTION.
Section 47-611 - AFFIDAVIT OF LOCATORS.
Section 47-612 - MANNER OF RECORDING NOTICES.
Section 47-613 - CERTAIN SURVEYS MAY QUALIFY AS ANNUAL LABOR.
Section 47-618 - LODE AND PLACER CLAIMS — OFFICIAL PATENT SURVEY AS LABOR ON IMPROVEMENT.