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§ 42. Patents for nonmineral lands: application, survey, notice, acreage limitation, payment
(a) Vein or lode and mill site owners eligible
(b) Placer claim owners eligible
(R.S. § 2337; Pub. L. 86–390, Mar. 18, 1960, 74 Stat. 7.)