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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 45 - MINING, OIL AND GAS
Chapter 4 - LOCATION AND WORKING OF MINING CLAIMS
Section 45-4-6 - Dimensions of lode claim-Determination of width by election

S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-6

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Section 45-4-6 - Dimensions of lode claim-Determination of width by election

The length of any lode claim may equal but not exceed fifteen hundred feet along the vein or lode.

The width of a lode claim shall be three hundred feet on each side of the center of the vein or lode. However, any county may, at any general election, determine upon a width less than three hundred feet but not less than twenty-five feet on each side of the vein or lode.

SDCL 45-4-6

PolC 1877, ch 31, §§ 1, 2; CL 1887, §§ 1997, 1998; SL 1899, ch 115, § 1; RPolC 1903, §§ 2532, 2533; RC 1919, §§ 8726, 8727; SDC 1939, § 42.0102; SL 2011, ch 165, §171.