§ 482h-2. — Cutting of timber; reservation of patent rights.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC482h-2]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 482h-2. Cutting of timber; reservation of patent rights
On and after June 11, 1946, all patents issued under the United
States mining laws affecting lands within the above-described area shall
convey title to the mineral deposits within the claim, together with the
right to cut and remove so much of the mature timber therefrom as may be
needed in extracting and removing and beneficiation of the mineral
deposits, if the timber is cut under sound principles of forest
management as defined by the national-forest rules and regulations, but
each patent shall reserve to the United States all title in or to the
surface of the lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface of
the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for
carrying on mining or prospecting shall be allowed except under the
rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture.
(June 11, 1946, ch. 377, Sec. 2, 60 Stat. 255.)
References in Text
The United States mining laws, referred to in text, are classified
generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 482h-3 of this title.
