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title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
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# 30 U.S.C. § 76 - Reservation of rights upon coal lands; sale of certain mining lands

## Text

Nothing in sections 71 to 75 of this title shall be construed to destroy or impair any rights which may have attached prior to the third day of March, 1873, or to authorize the sale of lands valuable for mines of gold, silver, or copper.

(R.S. § 2352.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. § 2352 derived from act Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 279, § 6, 17 Stat. 608.

Executive Documents

Indian Lands ExceptedSee note set out under section 71 of this title.