43 CFR § 3861.5-2 - Employment.

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title: "43 CFR § 3861.5-2 - Employment."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3861.5-2"
section_name: "Employment."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3860"
part_name: "MINERAL PATENT APPLICATIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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# 3861.5-2 Employment.

A mineral claimant may employ any United States mineral surveyor qualified as indicated in paragraph (a) of this section to make the survey of his claim. All expenses of the survey of mining claims and the publication of the required notices of application for patent are to be borne by the mining claimants.