1. After December 12, 1862, conveyances of mining claims shall require the same formalities and shall be subject to the same rules of construction as the transfers and conveyances of other real property.
2. All conveyances of mining claims made prior to December 12, 1862, by bills of sale or other instruments in writing, with or without seals, recorded or unrecorded, shall be construed in accordance with the lawful local rules, regulations and customs of the miners in the several mining districts of the Territory of Nevada; and if, prior to December 12, 1862, regarded as valid and binding in such mining districts, shall have the same force and effect between the parties thereto, as prima facie evidence of sale, as if such conveyances had been made by deed under seal.
3. The location and transfers of mining claims made prior to December 12, 1862, shall be established and proved in contestation before courts by the local rules, regulations and customs of the miners in the several mining districts of the Territory of Nevada in which such location and transfers were made.
[1:14:1862; B § 307; BH § 2650; C § 2720; RL § 1100; NCL § 1561] + [2:14:1862; B § 308; BH § 2651; C § 2721; RL § 1101; NCL § 1562] + [3:14:1862; B § 308; BH § 2652; C § 2722; RL § 1102; NCL § 1563]
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights
NRS 517.003 - "Division" defined.
NRS 517.010 - Person entitled to locate; requirements for location.
NRS 517.030 - Monumenting of claim; required removal of plastic monuments.
NRS 517.040 - Map: Specifications; filing; distribution; use of filing fee.
NRS 517.050 - Certificate of location: Recording; contents; effect of insufficiency.
NRS 517.080 - Relocation of abandoned lode claim.
NRS 517.090 - Requirements for location.
NRS 517.100 - Map: Specifications; filing; use of filing fee.
NRS 517.110 - Certificate of location: Recording; contents; effect of insufficiency.
NRS 517.115 - Evidence of abandonment; acquisition after abandonment.
NRS 517.120 - Location of nonmineral land as mill site.
NRS 517.130 - Requirements for location.
NRS 517.140 - Certificate of location: Recording; contents; effect of insufficiency.
NRS 517.150 - Requirements for location.
NRS 517.160 - Definition of boundaries; erection of monuments.
NRS 517.170 - Recording of certificate of location; filing of map; effect of insufficiency.
NRS 517.180 - Location of blind or unknown lode or vein in tunnel.
NRS 517.185 - Fee for each document filed; disposition.
NRS 517.190 - Notice of location: Filing; evidentiary effect.
NRS 517.210 - Survey of location; evidentiary effect of survey and surveyor’s certificate.
NRS 517.280 - Certificates of location need not be sworn to; no required form.
NRS 517.290 - Applicability of NRS 517.010 to 517.280, inclusive.
NRS 517.300 - Unlawful acts; penalties.
NRS 517.390 - Affidavit and petition to explore and develop mine or claim.
NRS 517.400 - Determination of amount of taxes, penalties and costs.
NRS 517.410 - Permission to explore and develop claim; limitations.
NRS 517.430 - Renewal of prospecting permits: Limitations and extensions.
NRS 517.450 - Sale of mine or claim not subject to prospecting permit: Affidavit and petition.