RCW 78.08.090
Relocating abandoned claim.
The relocation of a forfeited or abandoned quartz or lode claim shall only be made by sinking a new discovery shaft, or in lieu thereof performing at least an equal amount of development work within the borders of the claim, and fixing new boundaries in the same manner and to the same extent as is required in making a new location, or the relocator may sink the original discovery shaft ten feet deeper than it was at the date of commencement of such relocation, and shall erect new, or make the old monuments the same as originally required; in either case a new location monument shall be erected.
[ 1949 c 12 § 2; 1899 c 45 § 8; RRS § 8629.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 78 - Mines, Minerals, and Petroleum
Chapter 78.08 - Location of Mining Claims.
78.08.005 - Prior claims, how governed.
78.08.020 - Extent of lode claims.
78.08.030 - Rights of locators.
78.08.040 - Recording instruments affecting claim.
78.08.050 - Location notices—Contents—Recording.
78.08.060 - Staking of claim—Requisites—Right of person diligently engaged in search.
78.08.070 - Cut, excavation, tunnel or test hole in lieu of discovery shaft.
78.08.072 - Holding claim by geological, etc., survey—Report of survey.
78.08.080 - Amended certificate of location.
78.08.081 - Assessment work, affidavit of work performed or affidavit of fees paid.
78.08.082 - Affidavit is prima facie evidence.
78.08.090 - Relocating abandoned claim.
78.08.100 - Location of placer claims.