45-4-10. Location certificate--Surface ground included and excluded.
The location or location certificate of any lode claim includes all surface ground within the surface lines of the lode claim and all lodes and ledges throughout their entire depth, the top or apex of which lie inside of the lode claim lines extended vertically and including parts of the lodes or ledges as they continue by dip beyond the side lines of the claim. The lode claim does not include any portion of such lodes or ledges beyond the end lines of the claim or the end lines continued, whether by dip or otherwise, or beyond the side lines in any other manner than by the dip of the lode.
Source: PolC 1877, ch 31, §9; CL 1887, §2005; RPolC 1903, §2540; RC 1919, §8734; SDC 1939, §42.0111; SL 2011, ch 165, §174.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 45 - Mining, Oil and Gas
Chapter 04 - Location And Working Of Mining Claims
Section 45-4-1 - Discovery of lode within limits of claim essential.
Section 45-4-2 - Conditions precedent to filing of location certificate.
Section 45-4-3 - Marking surface boundaries of claim.
Section 45-4-4 - Location certificate--Recording of claim--Contents--Validity.
Section 45-4-5 - Location certificate limited to single location.
Section 45-4-6 - Dimensions of lode claim--Determination of width by election.
Section 45-4-7 - Fee for recording and certification of location certificate--Certified copy.
Section 45-4-10 - Location certificate--Surface ground included and excluded.
Section 45-4-11 - Longitudinal limits of claim.
Section 45-4-15 - Actions involving mining claims--Proof of customs, usages, or regulations.
Section 45-4-16 - Actions involving mining claims--Survey ordered by court.
Section 45-4-19 - Order for removal of obstacles in drifts or shafts.
Section 45-4-21 - Trials under § 45-4-20--Evidence sufficient for conviction.
Section 45-4-22 - Writs of injunction to restore person to possession of mining property.
Section 45-4-23 - Recording required--Affidavit of labor--Recording fee.