New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 69 - Mines
Article 3 - Mining Locations and Operations

Section 69-3-1 - Mining claim location and posting notice. - A. Any person or persons desiring to locate a mining...

Section 69-3-2 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1876, ch. 38, § 2; C.L. 1884, §...

Section 69-3-4 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 310, § 7, repealed 69-3-3...

Section 69-3-5 - Penalty. - Any person who shall make or cause the making of...

Section 69-3-6 - Penetration of water stratum by mine discovery or drill hole; plugging; reports; exceptions. - Any person drilling a mine lode discovery or mine drill...

Section 69-3-7 - Discovery of natural gas or hydrocarbons. - Any person drilling a mine lode discovery or mine drill...

Section 69-3-8 - [Exceptions.] - The provisions of this act [69-3-6 to 69-3-9 NMSA 1978]...

Section 69-3-9 - Penalty. - Any person who fails or refuses to make any report...

Section 69-3-10 - [Boundary posts.] - The surface boundaries of mining claims heerafter [hereafter] located shall...

Section 69-3-11 - Relocation. - The relocation of any mining ground, which is subject to...

Section 69-3-12 - Amended and additional location notices. - A. If at any time the owner of any mining...

Section 69-3-12.1 - Annual labor and annual filings. - The owner of an unpatented lode or placer mining claim...

Section 69-3-13 - [Alteration, removal or destruction of location marks or notice; penalty.] - Any person who shall take down, remove, alter or destroy...

Section 69-3-14 - [Defacing or changing location notice; penalty; correction of errors.] - Any person or persons, or the manager, officer, agent or...

Section 69-3-15 to 69-3-17 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 310, § 7, repealed 69-3-15...

Section 69-3-18 - [Abandonment of mining claims; methods; encumbered claims.] - In addition to the provision of law now in force...

Section 69-3-19 to 69-3-21 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 310, § 7, repealed 69-3-19...

Section 69-3-22 - [Size of placer mining claims.] - The size of the claim or claims to be located...

Section 69-3-23 - [Regulations by private landowners as to mining locations; recording; amending.] - The owner or owners of lands within this state, the...

Section 69-3-24 - [No trespassing notices.] - Whenever the owner or lessee of any mining property in...

Section 69-3-25 - [Penalty for trespass; exceptions.] - After the posting of such notices, it shall be unlawful...

Section 69-3-26 - [Trespass against person rightfully in possession.] - When any person, firm or corporation shall be lawfully and...

Section 69-3-27 - [Trespass by livestock; liability of owner.] - The owner of any livestock in this state shall not...

Section 69-3-28 - [Termination of lease; thirty days' notice.] - Hereafter any lease upon any mine, or portion of a...

Section 69-3-29 - [Terminating lease without notice; liability in damages; forfeiture of lease.] - The lessor and the mine upon which any lease is...

Section 69-3-30 - [Stockholders; right of entry and examination of mines.] - Any person owning stock in any corporation or company owning...

Section 69-3-31 - [Denial to stockholders of right of entry; penalty.] - Every corporation or company or officer or agent of such...

Section 69-3-32 - ["Stockholders" defined.] - The words "any person owning stock" as used in the...