Page 23 TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING § 49d

61 Stat. 916; Pub. L. 85–662, Aug. 14, 1958, 72 Stat.

615.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 687a–2 of title 43, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, §§703(a), 704(a), Oct.

21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789, 2792.

CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 381 of Title

48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

AMENDMENTS

1958—Pub. L. 85–662 substituted ‘‘fish and game’’ for

‘‘fisheries’’ in three places, and inserted provisions permitting mining for all metals in Chilkat River, and its

tributaries, within two and three-tenths miles of

United States survey numbered 991.

1947—Act Aug. 8, 1947, permitted exploration for and

mining of gold and other precious metals in beds of

navigable streams.

1938—Act May 31, 1938, extended waters subject to exploration and mining for gold to include all water on

shores, bays, and inlets of Alaska, and substituted Secretary of the Interior for Secretary of War, among

other changes.

ADMISSION OF ALASKA AS STATE

Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan.

3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections

1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set

out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories

and Insular Possessions.

NON-IMPAIRMENT OF VALID CLAIMS AND RIGHTS

Section 2 of act Aug. 8, 1947, provided: ‘‘Nothing in

this Act [amending this section] shall be deemed to affect or impair any valid claims, rights or privileges, including possessory claims under the first proviso of section 8 of the Act of May 17, 1884 (23 Stat. 26) [25 U.S.C.

280a], arising under any other provision of law.’’

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in title 16 section 460mm–1.

§ 49b. Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska

The general mining laws of the United States

so far as they are applicable to placer-mining

claims, as prior to May 4, 1934, extended to the

Territory of Alaska, are declared to be in full

force and effect in said Territory: Provided, That

nothing herein shall be held to change or affect

the rights acquired by locators or owners of

placer-mining claims prior to May 4, 1934, located in said Territory under act August 1, 1912

(37 Stat. 242, 243) and amendatory act March 3,

1925 (43 Stat. 1118).

(May 4, 1934, ch. 211, §2, 48 Stat. 663.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act August 1, 1912 (37 Stat. 242, 243) and amendatory

act March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1118), referred to in text,

were repealed by section 1 of act May 4, 1934. See sections 35 to 37 and 49b of this title.

CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to sections 119 and

381a of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 3 of act May 4, 1934, provided that: ‘‘This Act

[enacting this section] shall take effect thirty days

subsequent to the date of convening of the first regular

session of the Alaska Territorial Legislature which is

held after the passage of this Act [May 4, 1934].’’

ADMISSION OF ALASKA AS STATE

Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan.

3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections

1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set

out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories

and Insular Possessions.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in title 16 section 460mm–1.

§ 49c. Recording notices of location of Alaskan

mining claims

Notices of location of mining claims shall be

filed for record within ninety days from the date

of the discovery of the claim described in the notice, and all instruments shall be recorded in the

recording district in which the property or subject matter affected by the instrument is situated, and where the property or subject matter

is not situated in any established recording district the instrument affecting the same shall be

recorded in the office of the clerk of the division

of the court having supervision over the recording division in which such property or subject

matter is situated.

(June 6, 1900, ch. 786, §15, 31 Stat. 327.)

CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to sections 119 and 382

of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

CROSS REFERENCES

Recordation of mining claims within National Park

System areas, see section 1907 of Title 16, Conservation.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in title 16 section 460mm–1.

§ 49d. Miners’ regulations for recording notices

in Alaska; certain records legalized

Miners in any organized mining district may

make rules and regulations governing the recording of notices of location of mining claims,

water rights, flumes and ditches, mill sites and

affidavits of labor, not in conflict with this Act

or the general laws of the United States; and

nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to

prevent the miners in any regularly organized

mining district not within any recording district established by the court from electing

their own mining recorder to act as such until a

recorder therefor is appointed by the court: Provided further, All records regularly made by the

United States commissioner prior to June 6,

1900, at Dyea, Skagway, and the recorder at

Douglas City, not in conflict with any records

regularly made with the United States commissioner at Juneau, are legalized. And all records

made in good faith prior to June 6, 1900, in any

regularly organized mining district are made

public records.

(June 6, 1900, ch. 786, §16, 31 Stat. 328.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

This Act, referred to in text, means act June 6, 1900,

ch. 786, 31 Stat. 321, as amended. For complete classification of title I of this act to the Code, see Tables.

Title II of this act provided for the Alaska Civil Code.