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30 U.S.C. § 23 — Length of claims on veins or lodes
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Mining claims upon veins or lodes of quartz or other rock in place bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, copper, or other valuable deposits, located prior to May 10, 1872, shall be governed as to length along the vein or lode by the customs, regulations, and laws in force at the date of their location. A mining claim located after the 10th day of May 1872, whether located by one or more persons, may equal, but shall not exceed, one thousand five hundred feet in length along the vein or lode; but no location of a mining claim shall be made until the discovery of the vein or lode within the limits of the claim located. No claim shall extend more than three hundred feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, nor shall any claim be limited by any mining regulation to less than twenty-five feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, except where adverse rights existing on the 10th day of May 1872 render such limitation necessary. The end lines of each claim shall be parallel to each other.
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Mining claims upon veins or lodes of quartz or other rock in place bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, copper, or other valuable deposits, located prior to May 10, 1872, shall be governed as to length along the vein or lode by the customs, regulations, and laws in force at the date of their location. A mining claim located after the 10th day of May 1872, whether located by one or more persons, may equal, but shall not exceed, one thousand five hundred feet in length along the vein or lode; but no location of a mining claim shall be made until the discovery of the vein or lode within the limits of the claim located. No claim shall extend more than three hundred feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, nor shall any claim be limited by any mining regulation to less than twenty-five feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, except where adverse rights existing on the 10th day of May 1872 render such limitation necessary. The end lines of each claim shall be parallel to each other.
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**(a) Establishment** The T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area is established within the Cibola National Forest and the Sandia Mountain Wilderness as depicted on the map—
(1) to recognize and protect in perpetuity the rights and interests of the Pueblo in and to the Area, as specified in [section 539m–3(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section539m–3/a&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) to preserve in perpetuity the national forest and wilderness character of the Area; and
(3) to recognize and protect in perpetuity the longstanding use and enjoyment of the Area by the public.
**(b) Administration and applicable law**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall continue to administer the Area as part of the National Forest System subject to and consistent with the provisions of sections 539m to 539m–12 of this title affecting management of the Area.
(2) **Traditional or cultural uses** — Traditional or cultural uses by Pueblo members and members of other federally-recognized Indian tribes authorized to use the Area by the Pueblo under [section 539m–3(a)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section539m–3/a/4&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not be restricted except by—
(A) the Wilderness Act ([16 U.S.C. 1131](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1131&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) (including regulations promulgated under that Act) as in effect on February 20, 2003; and
(B) applicable Federal wildlife protection laws, as provided in [section 539m–4(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section539m–4/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Later enactments** — To the extent that any law enac
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Where the same person, association, or corporation is in possession of a placer claim, and also a vein or lode included within the boundaries thereof, application shall be made for a patent for the placer claim, with the statement that it includes such vein or lode, and in such case a patent shall issue for the placer claim, subject to the provisions of sections 21, 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 48, 50 to 52, 71 to 76 of this title and [section 661 of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section661&num=0&edition=prelim), including such vein or lode, upon the payment of $5 per acre for such vein or lode claim, and twenty-five feet of surface on each side thereof. The remainder of the placer claim, or any placer claim not embracing any vein or lode claim, shall be paid for at the rate of $2.50 per acre, together with all costs of proceedings; and where a vein or lode, such as is described in [section 23 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section23&num=0&edition=prelim), is known to exist within the boundaries of a placer claim, an application for a patent for such placer claim which does not include an application for the vein or lode claim shall be construed as a conclusive declaration that the claimant of the placer claim has no right of possession of the vein or lode claim; but where the existence of a vein or lode in a placer claim is not known, a patent for the placer claim shall convey all valuable mineral and other deposits within the boundaries thereof.
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 27
§ 23. Length of claims on veins or lodes
Mining claims upon veins or lodes of quartz or
other rock in place bearing gold, silver, cinna-
bar, lead, tin, copper, or other valuable deposits,
located prior to May 10, 1872, shall be governed
as to length along the vein or lode by the cus-
toms, regulations, and laws in force at the date
of their location. A mining claim located after
the 10th day of May 1872, whether located by one
or more persons, may equal, but shall not ex-
ceed, one thousand five hundred feet in length
along the vein or lode; but no location of a min-
ing claim shall be made until the discovery of
the vein or lode within the limits of the claim
located. No claim shall extend more than three
hundred feet on each side of the middle of the
vein at the surface, nor shall any claim be lim-
ited by any mining regulation to less than twen-
ty-five feet on each side of the middle of the
vein at the surface, except where adverse rights
existing on the 10th day of May 1872 render such
limitation necessary. The end lines of each
claim shall be parallel to each other.
(R.S. § 2320.)
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CODIFICATION
R.S. § 2320 derived from act May 10, 1872, ch. 152, § 2,
17 Stat. 91.
§ 24. Proof of citizenship
Proof of citizenship, under sections 21, 22 to 24,
26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 48, 50 to 52, 71 to 76 of this
title and section 661 of title 43, may consist, in
the case of an individual, of his own affidavit
thereof; in the case of an association of persons
unincorporated, of the affidavit of their author-
ized agent, made on his own knowledge, or upon
information and belief; and in the case of a cor-
poration organized under the laws of the United
States, or of any State or Territory thereof
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