Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 78 Mines, Minerals, And Petroleum - Chapter 78.08 Location Of Mining Claims

  • 78.08.005 Prior claims, how governed
    All mining claims upon veins or lodes of quartz or other rock in place, bearing gold, silver or other valuable mineral deposits heretofore located, shall ...
  • 78.08.020 Extent of lode claims
    A mining claim located upon any vein or lode of quartz or other rock in place, bearing gold, silver or other valuable mineral deposits, after ...
  • 78.08.030 Rights of locators
    The locators of all mining locations heretofore made or hereafter made under the provisions of RCW 78.08.005 through 78.08.040, on any mineral vein, lode or ...
  • 78.08.040 Recording instruments affecting claim
    All location notices, bonds, assignments and transfers of mining claims shall be recorded in the office of the county auditor of the county where the ...
  • 78.08.050 Location notices -- Contents -- Recording
    The discoverer of a lode shall within ninety days from the date of discovery, record in the office of the auditor of the county in ...
  • 78.08.060 Staking of claim -- Requisites -- Right of person diligently engaged in search
    (1) Before filing such notice for record, the discoverer shall locate his or her claim by posting at the discovery at the time of discovery ...
  • 78.08.070 Cut, excavation, tunnel or test hole in lieu of discovery shaft
    Any open cut, excavation or tunnel which cuts or exposes a lode and from which a total of two hundred cubic feet of material has ...
  • 78.08.072 Holding claim by geological, etc., survey -- Report of survey
    Any geological, geochemical, or geophysical survey which reasonably involves a direct expenditure on or for the benefit of each claim of not less than the ...
  • 78.08.075 "Lode" defined
    The term "lode" as used in RCW 78.08.050 through 78.08.115 shall be construed to mean ledge, vein or deposit.[1983 c 3 § 197; 1899 c ...
  • 78.08.080 Amended certificate of location
    If at any time the locator of any quartz or lode mining claim heretofore or hereafter located, or his assigns, shall learn that his original ...
  • 78.08.081 Assessment work, affidavit of work performed or affidavit of fees paid
    Within thirty days after the expiration of the period of time fixed for the performance of annual labor or the making of improvements upon any ...
  • 78.08.082 Affidavit is prima facie evidence
    Such affidavit when so recorded shall be prima facie evidence of the performance of such labor or the making of such improvements, and such original ...
  • 78.08.090 Relocating abandoned claim
    The relocation of a forfeited or abandoned quartz or lode claim shall only be made by sinking a new discovery shaft, or in lieu thereof ...
  • 78.08.100 Location of placer claims
    The discoverer of placers or other forms of deposits subject to location and appropriation under mining laws applicable to placers shall locate his claim in ...
  • 78.08.110 Affidavit as proof
    The affidavit provided for in the last section, and the aforesaid placer notice or certificate of location when filed for record, shall be prima facie ...
  • 78.08.115 Application of RCW 78.08.050 through 78.08.115
    All locations of quartz or placer formations or deposits hereafter made shall conform to the requirements of RCW 78.08.050 through 78.08.115 insofar as the same ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009