82-2-105. Relocation of abandoned claim. The relocator of an abandoned or forfeited mining claim may adopt as the relocator's discovery any shaft or other working existing upon the claim at the date of the relocation in which the vein, lode, or deposit is disclosed, but in that shaft or other working, the relocator shall perform the same discovery work that is required in the case of an original location.
History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 16, L. 1907; Sec. 2286, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7370, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7370, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 50-706; amd. Sec. 2718, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas
Part 1. Location and Record of Claims
82-2-101. Manner of locating claim
82-2-102. Record of certificate of location
82-2-103. Affidavit of performance of annual work
82-2-105. Relocation of abandoned claim
82-2-109. Amendment or relocation not waiver of acquired rights
82-2-110. Rights of third persons not affected
82-2-111. Validating locations already made
82-2-112. Defective locations good against persons with notice