43 CFR § 3873.2 - Effect of decision that land is mineral.

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title: "43 CFR § 3873.2 - Effect of decision that land is mineral."
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title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
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section_name: "Effect of decision that land is mineral."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3870"
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# 3873.2 Effect of decision that land is mineral.

The fact that a certain tract of land is decided upon testimony to the mineral in character is by no means equivalent to an award of the land to a miner. In order to secure a patent for such land, he must proceed as in other cases, in accordance with this part.