The relocation of any mining ground, which is subject to relocation, shall be made in the same way as an original location is required by law to be made.
History: Laws 1889, ch. 25, § 3; C.L. 1897, § 2300; Code 1915, § 3449; C.S. 1929, § 88-105; 1941 Comp., § 67-205; 1953 Comp., § 63-2-5; Laws 1981, ch. 310, § 4.
Fraudulent relocation. — A relocation by an agent in the name of a third party after neglecting to do the annual assessment work on the claim of his principal is fraud upon his principal. Lockhart v. Washington Gold & Silver Mining Co., 1911-NMSC-029, 16 N.M. 223, 117 P. 833; O'Neill v. Otero, 1910-NMSC-066, 15 N.M. 707, 113 P. 614. See also Lockhart v. Leeds, 195 U.S. 427, 25 S. Ct. 76, 49 L. Ed. 263 (1904); Lockhart v. Johnson, 181 U.S. 516, 21 S. Ct. 665, 45 L. Ed. 979 (1901).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 53A Am. Jur. 2d Mines and Minerals §§ 49, 51, 90.
58 C.J.S. Mines and Minerals §§ 43, 84 to 89.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 3 - Mining Locations and Operations
Section 69-3-1 - Mining claim location and posting notice.
Section 69-3-7 - Discovery of natural gas or hydrocarbons.
Section 69-3-8 - [Exceptions.]
Section 69-3-10 - [Boundary posts.]
Section 69-3-12 - Amended and additional location notices.
Section 69-3-12.1 - Annual labor and annual filings.
Section 69-3-13 - [Alteration, removal or destruction of location marks or notice; penalty.]
Section 69-3-14 - [Defacing or changing location notice; penalty; correction of errors.]
Section 69-3-15 to 69-3-17 - Repealed.
Section 69-3-18 - [Abandonment of mining claims; methods; encumbered claims.]
Section 69-3-19 to 69-3-21 - Repealed.
Section 69-3-22 - [Size of placer mining claims.]
Section 69-3-23 - [Regulations by private landowners as to mining locations; recording; amending.]
Section 69-3-24 - [No trespassing notices.]
Section 69-3-25 - [Penalty for trespass; exceptions.]
Section 69-3-26 - [Trespass against person rightfully in possession.]
Section 69-3-27 - [Trespass by livestock; liability of owner.]
Section 69-3-28 - [Termination of lease; thirty days' notice.]
Section 69-3-29 - [Terminating lease without notice; liability in damages; forfeiture of lease.]
Section 69-3-30 - [Stockholders; right of entry and examination of mines.]
Section 69-3-31 - [Denial to stockholders of right of entry; penalty.]