The lessor and the mine upon which any lease is terminated without such thirty days' notice, shall be liable to the lessee for all damages resulting from such termination: provided, that nothing in this or the preceding section [69-3-28 NMSA 1978] shall prevent the forfeiture and termination of any such lease without such notice when the lessee is working the leased ground in such manner as to damage the property.
History: Laws 1891, ch. 73, § 2; C.L. 1897, § 2359; Code 1915, § 3520; C.S. 1929, § 88-707; 1941 Comp., § 67-223; 1953 Comp., § 63-2-23.
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Section 69-3-15 to 69-3-17 - Repealed.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Section 69-3-19 to 69-3-21 - Repealed.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.]