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WY Stat § 30-1-118 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-1-118 - Mining Claims Subject to Right-of-Way; Construction of Ditch or Flume.

30-1-118. Mining claims subject to right-of-way; construction of ditch or flume.| All mining claims or property now located, or which may hereafter be located within this state, shall be subject to the right-of-way of any ditch or flume for mining purposes, or of any tramway, pack-trail or wagon road, whether now in use, or which may hereafter be laid out across any such location, claim or property; provided, always, that such right-of-way shall not be exercised against any mining location, claim or property duly made and recorded as herein required, and not abandoned prior to the establishment of any such ditch, flume, tramway, pack-trail or wagon road, without the consent of the owner or owners, except in condemnation, as in the case of land taken for public highways. Consent to the location of the easement above enumerated over any mineral claim, location or property, shall be in writing; and provided, further, that any such ditch or flume shall be so constructed that water therefrom shall not injure vested rights by flooding or otherwise.
WY Stat § 30-1-119 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-1-119 - Protection of Surface Proprietors.

30-1-119. Protection of surface proprietors.| Where a mining right exists in any case and is separate from the ownership or right of occupancy to the surface, such owner or rightful occupant of the said surface may demand satisfactory security from the miner or miners, and if such security is refused, such owner or occupant of the surface may enjoin the miner or miners from working such mine until such security is given. The order for such injunction shall fix the amount of the bond therefor.
WY Stat § 30-1-122 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-1-122 - Defrauding, Cheating or Swindling by "Salting".

30-1-122. Defrauding, cheating or swindling by "salting".| Any person or persons who shall defraud, cheat, swindle or deceive any party or parties in relation to any mine or mining property by "salting," or by placing or causing to be placed in any lode, placer or other mine, any genuine metals or material representing genuine minerals, which are designed to cheat and deceive others, for the purpose of gain, whereby others shall be deceived and injured by such, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a penal sum of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), or imprisoned in the penitentiary for not more than three (3) years, or both, in the discretion of the court.
WY Stat § 30-1-123 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-1-123 - Protection of Livestock From Mining Shafts.

30-1-123. Protection of livestock from mining shafts.| Every person, persons, company or corporation, who have already sunk mining shafts, pits, holes, inclines, upon any mining claim, or upon any mineral property, ground or premises, or who may hereafter sink such openings aforesaid, shall forthwith secure such shafts and openings against the injury or destruction of livestock running at large upon the public domain, by securely covering such shafts and other openings as aforesaid, in a manner to render them safe against the possibility of livestock falling into them or in any manner becoming injured or destroyed thereby; or by forthwith making a strong, secure and ample fence around such shafts and other openings aforesaid. Any person, persons, corporation or company who shall fail or refuse to fully comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be subject to imprisonment in a county jail for not more than ninety (90) days or fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or both such imprisonment and fine in the discretion of the court imposing sentence. Any person, persons, corporation or company who shall fail or refuse to fully comply with the provisions of this section shall also be liable to the owner thereof for any damages sustained by injury or loss of livestock thereby.
WY Stat § 30-1-124 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-1-124 - Length of Lode Claim.

30-1-124. Length of lode claim.| The length of any lode mining claim located within Wyoming, shall not exceed fifteen hundred (1,500) feet measured horizontally along such lode or vein. Nor can the regulations of any mining district limit a location to less than this length.
WY Stat § 30-1-125 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-1-125 - Width of Lode Claim.

30-1-125. Width of lode claim.| The width of any lode claim located within Wyoming shall not exceed three hundred (300) feet on each side of the discovery shaft, the discovery shaft being always equally distant from the side lines of the claims. Nor can any mining district limit the location to a width of less than one hundred fifty (150) feet on either side of the discovery shaft.
WY Stat § 30-1-126 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-1-126 - w.s. 30-1-101 Through 30-1-126 Not Applicable to Coal Mines.

30-1-126. W.S. 30-1-101 through 30-1-126 not applicable to coal mines.| Nothing in this act shall apply to the working of coal mines.
WY Stat § 30-1-127 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-1-127 - Charge for Assays at University.

30-1-127. Charge for assays at university.| Hereafter the charge for making assays or tests for silver, gold, copper and lead at the University of Wyoming shall be in accordance with a fee schedule established by the university for charges to any resident of the state.
WY Stat § 30-1-128 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-1-128 - Construction or Operation of Railroads or Roads by Mining Companies.

30-1-128. Construction or operation of railroads or roads by mining companies.| Any corporation or association of persons organized under this article or under the laws of any other state and doing business in this state, now or hereafter engaged in mining gold or silver bearing quartz rock, coal, lead, iron, copper or other materials, may construct or operate a railroad, tramway road or wagon road from their said mine or mines, to any point or points desired by them, and shall have the exclusive right-of-way to the line of their road over the unoccupied public domain for the space of not exceeding one hundred (100) feet on either side thereof, and also, the exclusive possession at the termini of their said road, and at such intermediate points as may be required, for depots, buildings, turntables, water tanks, machine shops and other necessary appurtenances of a railroad, and said corporation or association of persons may file a survey or diagram of such line of road with the lands claimed by them on either side thereof, and also the land claimed at the termini aforesaid, with the secretary of state, and it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to construct any road or erect any buildings or otherwise interfere with the possession of the land so indicated in the survey or diagram as filed aforesaid, and a certified copy of said survey under the seal of the state shall be received in evidence in all courts of law or equity within the state.
WY Stat § 30-1-129 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-1-129 - Eminent Domain for Underground Right-of-Way Easements; Right of Condemnation Generally.

30-1-129. Eminent domain for underground right-of-way easements; right of condemnation generally.| Every owner or operator of any mining claims or properties having a common corner who find it necessary for the practical or economical development thereof has the right to condemn and to take, hold and appropriate a right-of-way easement across the corner and under or through the lands of another for underground passages or tunnels, including mine access and ventilation entries. The right-of-way easement shall in no instance exceed two hundred fifty (250) feet in width and any mineral removed from under the lands of another shall be accounted for by the person exercising the rights herein granted to the owner thereof at the gross value thereof on the surface.
WY Stat § 30-1-130 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-1-130 - Eminent Domain for Underground Right-of-Way Easements; Duty to Show Good Faith and Necessity.

30-1-130. Eminent domain for underground right-of-way easements; duty to show good faith and necessity.| In order to exercise the right of eminent domain herein granted the person claiming the benefit of such right shall be required to show that the proceeding is in good faith and that the right-of-way easement is necessary to continue the practical and economical development of a commercially feasible mining operation then being conducted.
WY Stat § 30-1-131 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-1-131 - Provisions for Indemnity in Certain Contracts; Invalidity.

30-1-131. Provisions for indemnity in certain contracts; invalidity.| (a) All agreements, covenants or promises contained in, collateral to or affecting any agreement pertaining to any well for oil, gas or water, or mine for any mineral, which purport to indemnify the indemnitee against loss or liability for damages for:  (i) Death or bodily injury to persons;  (ii) Injury to property; or  (iii) Any other loss, damage, or expense arising under either (i) or (ii) from:  (A) The sole or concurrent negligence of the indemnitee or the agents or employees of the indemnitee or any independent contractor who is directly responsible to such indemnitee; or  (B) From any accident which occurs in operations carried on at the direction or under the supervision of the indemnitee or an employee or representative of the indemnitee or in accordance with methods and means specified by the indemnitee or employees or representatives of the indemnitee, are against public policy and are void and unenforceable to the extent that such contract of indemnity by its terms purports to relieve the indemnitee from loss or liability for his own negligence. This provision shall not affect the validity of any insurance contract or any benefit conferred by the Worker's Compensation Law of this state.
WY Stat § 30-1-132 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-1-132 - Provisions for Indemnity in Certain Contracts; Definition.

30-1-132. Provisions for indemnity in certain contracts; definition.| The term "agreement pertaining to any well for oil, gas, or water, or mine for any mineral" as used in W.S. 30-1-131, means any agreement or understanding, written or oral, concerning any operations related to drilling, deepening, reworking, repairing, improving, testing, treating, perforating, acidizing, logging, conditioning, altering, plugging, or otherwise rendering services in or in connection with any well drilled for the purpose of producing or disposing of oil, gas or other minerals, or water, and designing, excavating, constructing, improving, or otherwise rendering services in or in connection with any mine shaft, drift, or other structure intended for use in the exploration for or production of any mineral, or an agreement to perform any portion of any such work or services or any act collateral thereto, including the furnishing or rental of equipment, incidental transportation, and other goods and services furnished in connection with any such service or operation.
WY Stat § 30-1-133 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-1-133 - Provisions for Indemnity in Certain Contracts; Exemption.

30-1-133. Provisions for indemnity in certain contracts; exemption.| Provided that nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive an owner of the surface estate of the right to secure an indemnity from any lessee, operator, contractor or other person conducting operations for the exploration or production of minerals on such owner's land.
WY Stat § 30-4-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 4 - Interstate Mining Compact|Section 30-4-103 - Title.

30-4-103. Title.| This act may be cited as the "Interstate Mining Compact".
WY Stat § 30-4-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 4 - Interstate Mining Compact|Section 30-4-105 - Membership.

30-4-105. Membership.| (a) Subject to W.S. 30-4-106, the state of Wyoming hereby joins the Interstate Mining Compact commission to further the findings and purposes embodied in the compact. The state through the office of the governor is authorized to join and participate in the Interstate Mining Compact commission as a member state of the commission.  (b) The governor may appoint a designee to serve as the governor's official representative to the compact and to perform all functions in connection with the business of the compact. If the governor appoints a person to act as his designee, that person shall take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution and shall file it with the secretary of state.
WY Stat § 30-4-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 4 - Interstate Mining Compact|Section 30-4-106 - Applicability.

30-4-106. Applicability.| (a) No provisions of the Interstate Mining Compact, nor any policies of the Interstate Mining Compact commission, shall be construed to limit, repeal or supersede any law of the state of Wyoming.  (b) The governor and the legislature, or agents of either, shall have the right to inspect the books and accounts of the Interstate Mining Compact commission at any reasonable time while the state is a member.  (c) A copy of the bylaws of the Interstate Mining Compact commission shall be placed on file with the director of the department of environmental quality, and be available for inspection at any reasonable time by the legislature or any interested citizen.  (d) The state of Wyoming shall not be liable for the obligations or solvency of:  (i) The retirement system described in article V(f) of the compact; or  (ii) A program of employee benefits described in article V(f) of the compact.  (e) As used in the article V(a) of the compact, "agency" does not mean an agency of the state of Wyoming or any political subdivision of the state of Wyoming.
WY Stat § 30-4-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 4 - Interstate Mining Compact|Section 30-4-107 - Expenses.

30-4-107. Expenses.| The department of environmental quality may pay annually out of funds collected from mining permit fees, or from funds granted to the state by the federal office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement, the annual membership dues payable to the Interstate Mining Compact commission for the membership of the state of Wyoming in that organization.
WY Stat § 30-4-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 4 - Interstate Mining Compact|Section 30-4-108 - General Power of Governor; Withdrawal.

30-4-108. General power of governor; withdrawal.| (a) Within the limitations of this section, the governor shall be entitled to exercise all the power of his office necessary in his judgment to maintain the state in good standing as a member of the Interstate Mining Compact commission and to participate therein.  (b) After the governor has provided one (1) year's notice in writing to the governors of all other member states, the legislature, by appropriate repealing legislation, may withdraw the state from the Interstate Mining Compact commission.
WY Stat § 30-6-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 6 - State Miner's Hospital Board|Section 30-6-101 - State Miner's Hospital Board.

30-6-101. State miner's hospital board.| (a) The state miner's hospital board is created consisting of the following members:  (i) One (1) member resident of Sweetwater County appointed by a majority vote of the county commissioners. In making this appointment the county commissioners shall appoint a member of the Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital Board if a member of that board is willing and able to serve;  (ii) Seven (7) members representing miners, including at least one (1) member from Sweetwater county and at least one (1) member from Campbell county all appointed by the governor; and  (iii) One (1) member resident of Campbell County appointed by a majority vote of the county commissioners. In making this appointment the county commissioners shall appoint a member of the Campbell County Memorial Hospital Board if a member of that board is willing and able to serve.  (b) Except for initial terms pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, terms of members shall be for four (4) years. Any vacancy shall be filled by the designated appointing authority for the remainder of the unexpired term within not more than thirty (30) days following the date on which the vacancy occurred. Any voting member may serve not more than two (2) consecutive terms. However, a member may be reappointed after a two (2) year absence. Each member shall serve until his successor is appointed and has been qualified. The governor may remove any member appointed by him pursuant to W.S. 9-1-202.  (c) For the initial board, two (2) members appointed by the governor shall serve a term of four (4) years and two (2) members appointed by the governor shall serve a term of two (2) years. Two (2) members appointed from the Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital Board shall serve a term of four (4) years and two (2) members shall serve a term of two (2) years. The member appointed from the Campbell County Memorial Hospital Board shall serve a term of four (4) years.  (d) The members shall receive per diem and travel expenses in the same manner and amount as authorized under W.S. 9-3-102 and 9-3-103 for state employees when on or conducting official business.  (e) The board shall meet not less than two (2) times each year. At the initial meeting of the board, the board shall elect a chairman. The board is authorized to hire an executive director and up to two (2) additional full-time permanent employees to provide administrative support to the board, the legislative oversight committee and the miner's hospital. The executive director and additional employees shall be located in Sweetwater county unless otherwise directed by the board.
WY Stat § 30-6-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 6 - State Miner's Hospital Board|Section 30-6-104 - Requirements for Obtaining Benefits.

30-6-104. Requirements for obtaining benefits.| (a) To obtain benefits from the account, a person shall:  (i) Be domiciled in Wyoming on the date of application for a benefit;  (ii) Make no claim of residency in any other state, territory or country for any other purpose at the time of application for a benefit or at any time during receipt of a benefit;  (iii) Maintain his domicile in Wyoming at the time of receipt of the benefit;  (iv) Provide to the board a copy of his current Wyoming driver's license, identification card issued by the Wyoming department of transportation, or other identification satisfactory to establish his identity as specified in board rule;  (v) Have not fewer than ten (10) years of employment as a miner.
WY Stat § 31-3-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - General Fees|Section 31-3-103 - Distribution of Fees; Refunds.

31-3-103. Distribution of fees; refunds.| (a) Fees collected pursuant to W.S. 31-3-101(a)(i) for the registration of Wyoming based commercial vehicles or fleets pursuant to this act shall be distributed monthly to the county in which each vehicle or fleet is principally located and for the registration of non-Wyoming based commercial vehicles or fleets, rental vehicles, utility trailers and rental trucks shall be distributed monthly to the counties in the ratio that the total miles of primary, secondary and interstate highways in each county bears to the total miles of primary, secondary and interstate highways in the state.  (b) Fees collected pursuant to W.S. 31-3-101(a)(i) and subsection (a) of this section shall be distributed by county treasurers in the same proportions and manner as property taxes are distributed.  (c) All other fees shall be credited to the state highway fund except as otherwise provided.  (d) Except as otherwise provided no fees shall be refunded unless paid and collected by mistake.  (e) Fifty percent (50%) of the fees collected pursuant to W.S. 31-3-102(a)(vi)(A) through (C) and (xii) shall be distributed to the county general fund in the county where the fees were collected.  (f) One dollar ($1.00) of the fees collected pursuant to W.S. 31-3-102(a)(vii) shall be credited to the county abandoned vehicle account created by W.S. 31-13-111(b).  (g) Fees collected by U-Drive-It vehicle or rental vehicle agencies pursuant to W.S. 31-19-105 in excess of registration fees paid on rental vehicles in Wyoming shall be distributed as follows:  (i) Fifty percent (50%) of the fees shall be distributed to the state highway fund;  (ii) Fifty percent (50%) of the fees shall be distributed to the counties in the ratio that the total miles of primary, secondary and interstate highways in each county bears to the total miles of primary, secondary and interstate highways in the state.  (h) Of the fees collected pursuant to W.S. 31-3-101(a)(ii)(D), seven dollars ($7.00) of each registration shall be deposited in the motorcycle safety education program account created by W.S. 31-5-1506.  (j) Eighty percent (80%) of the fees collected for demo or manufacturer license plates pursuant to W.S. 31-3-102(a)(v) shall be distributed to the state highway fund. Twenty percent (20%) of the fee shall be distributed to the county general fund in the county where the fees were collected.  (k) The fees collected for full use plates pursuant to W.S. 31-3-102(a)(v)(C) shall be distributed by the county treasurers as follows:  (i) Eighty percent (80%) shall be distributed in the same proportions and manner as property taxes are distributed;  (ii) Twelve percent (12%) of the fee shall be distributed to the state highway fund;  (iii) Eight percent (8%) of the fee shall be distributed to the county general fund in the county where the fees were collected.
WY Stat § 31-4-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 4 - General Offenses and Penalties|Section 31-4-101 - General Prohibitions.

31-4-101. General prohibitions.| (a) No person shall knowingly operate, nor shall an owner knowingly permit to be operated, upon any highway any vehicle:  (i) Unless a valid certificate of title, certificate of registration and license plates or temporary permits have been issued for the vehicle except as otherwise provided by this act;  (ii) Unless valid license plates or permits issued for the vehicle are displayed on the vehicle as provided by this act except as otherwise provided by this act;  (iii) With license plates, validation stickers or license permits altered, mutilated or obscured so as to prevent the license plate number from being easily read.  (b) No person shall alter or mutilate any valid license plate, sticker or permit.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 116, § 2.  (d) No person shall sell or transfer his interest in a vehicle for which a certificate of title is required unless he has obtained a certificate and assigns his interest on the title except as otherwise provided by this act.  (e) No person shall operate a vehicle in any manner with an expired or improper registration, permit, decal or any other department approved registration upon any highway or other publicly maintained roadway in this state.