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30 U.S.C. § 162

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Entry of saline lands; limitation
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Title
30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter
CH3
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

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All unoccupied public lands of the United States containing salt springs, or deposits of salt in any form, and chiefly valuable therefor, shall be subject to location and purchase under the provisions of the law relating to placer-mining claims. The same person shall not locate or enter more than one claim hereunder. (Jan. 31, 1901, ch. 186, 31 Stat. 745.)

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