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[CITE: 16USC482n]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                       CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
 
             SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 482n. Coconino National Forest; mining rights; protection 
        of scenic values
        
    On and after May 24, 1949, mining locations made under the mining 
laws of the United States within the following-described lands within 
the Coconino National Forest, Coconino County, Arizona: Sections 14, 15, 
19, 20, 22, 27, 28, 29, 34, of township 19 north, range 6 east; and 
sections 4, 5, 8, 9, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, and 34 of township 
18 north, range 6 east; and sections 1, 2, 3, 4, southeast quarter of 
section 8, sections 9, 10, 11, and 12, of township 17 north, range 6 
east; Gila and Salt River base and meridian, shall confer on the locator 
the right to occupy and use so much of the surface of the land covered 
by the location as may be reasonably necessary to carry on prospecting, 
mining, and beneficiation of ores including the taking of mineral 
deposits and timber required by or in the mining and ore reducing 
operations, and no permit shall be required or charge made for such use 
or occupancy: Provided, however, That the cutting and removal of timber, 
except where clearing is necessary in connection with mining operations 
or to provide space for buildings or structures used in connection with 
mining operations, shall be conducted in accordance with the rules for 
timber cutting on adjoining national-forest land, and no use of the 
surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required 
for carrying on mining and prospecting shall be allowed except under the 
national-forest rules and regulations, nor shall the locator prevent or 
obstruct other occupancy of the surface or use of surface resources 
under authority of national-forest regulations, or permits issued 
thereunder, if such occupancy or use is not in conflict with mineral 
development.

(May 24, 1949, ch. 136, Sec. 1, 63 Stat. 75.)

                       References in Text

    The mining laws of the United States, referred to in text, are 
classified generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 482n-2, 482n-3 of this 
title.
