All persons and corporations engaged in mining or milling of ores have the right-of-way over, upon, under, and across all mining claims, including patented and unpatented claims, or other lands, for the construction, maintenance, and operation of flumes, ditches, pipelines, and conduits to convey water for use in said mines and mills, and to convey tailings and waste from said mines, mills, and reduction plants, and may also take and condemn any such claims or other lands for the construction, maintenance, and operation of reservoirs to be used for the settling or storing of tailings or waste from any such mines, mills, and reduction plants, without the consent of the owners of such property affected.L. 37: p. 850, § 1. CSA: C. 110, § 192(1). CRS 53: § 92-24-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-24-10.
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