82-2-304. Exemption -- discovery pits on federal lands. Discovery pits which may be required to locate a mining claim on federal lands open to mineral entry, when excavated entirely by hand methods with hand tools, are exempt from the operation of this part. History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 335, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 50-1304.
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§ 82-2-304
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