Section 35Part 3 — Mining
Rights under a mining lease
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Insofar as it may be necessary for or in connection with his operations and subject to this Law, a mining lessee shall have, on the lands included in his lease, the right —
to enter upon the lands the subject of the lease, the exclusive right to prospect or mine on such lands and the right to remove and dispose of the mineral specified in the lease on payment of the prescribed royalty;
to make all necessary excavations thereon and to stack or dump any of the products of mining thereon;
to erect, construct and maintain houses and buildings for his use and for the use of his agents and servants;
to erect, construct and maintain such engines, machinery, buildings, workshops and other erections as may be necessary or convenient;
to lay water-pipes and to make watercourses, ponds, dams and reservoirs, and to divert any public water on or flowing entirely through the land:
any public water diverted shall be returned to its natural channel before leaving such land and that any rights existing at the time of the grant of the lease to use any public water shall not be disturbed;
to apply for a water right;
to construct and maintain all such passageways as may be necessary; and
subject to the directions of the Governor, which directions shall be obtained before the exercise of any right under this paragraph, to cut, take and use any tree.
Defined Terms
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