<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 45-4-6 - Dimensions of lode claim--Determination of width by election. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2066247Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2066247SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066247CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2066247Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2066247DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2066247Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2066247000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066247SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066247SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2066247Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=45-4-6"><span class="s2066247SENU">45-4-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066247SENU">. </span><span class="s2066247CL">Dimensions of lode claim--Determination of width by election.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066247Normal-000000"><span class="s2066247DefaultParagraphFont">The length of any lode claim may equal but not exceed fifteen hundred feet along the vein or lode.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066247Normal-000001"><span class="s2066247DefaultParagraphFont">The width of a lode claim shall be three hundred feet on each side of the center of the vein or lode. However, any county may, at any general election, determine upon a width less than three hundred feet but not less than twenty-five feet on each side of the vein or lode.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066247Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066247000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066247Normal"><span class="s2066247SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066247SCL-000003"> PolC 1877, ch 31, §§ 1, 2; CL 1887, §§ 1997, 1998; SL 1899, ch 115, § 1; RPolC 1903, §§ 2532, 2533; RC 1919, §§ 8726, 8727; SDC 1939, § 42.0102; SL 2011, ch 165, § 171.</span></p></div></body></html>