140 STATE LAND LAWS 



SECS. 178-180 MINING LEASE. 



SEC. 178. CONSTRUCTION OF ACT. 



This chapter shall in no manner apply to the provisions of any 

 act heretofore enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wash- 

 ington providing for the sale of tide and shore lands for the 

 purpose of oyster planting and the manner of taking oysters 

 from said tide land beds. (Laws 7 99, p. 275, sec. 8 ; sec. 6815 

 Rem.-Bal. ; 373 sec. 93 Pierce.) 



Sale of lands for oyster cultivation: sec. 114 et seq., ante. 



CHAPTER 17. 



MINING LEASES AND CONTRACTS. 



SEC. 180. Mining Rights May Be Leased. 



181. Claims to Be Located. 



182. Lode Defined. 



183. Location Notice. 



184. Requisites of Location. 



185. Tunnel or Shaft at Discovery. 



186. Same Not Required in Western Washington. 



187. Placer Claims; Manner of Location. 



188. Application for Lease. 



189. Lease: Rental and Conditions. 



190. Use of Timber. 



191. Re-Lease. 



192. Contract. 



193. Royalty Under Contract. 



Cross-Reference : Lease for Oil and Gas Mining: sec. 194, et seq., 

 post. 



SEC. 180. PROSPECTING LEASES AUTHORIZED. 



The Commissioner of Public Lands of the State of Washington 

 is hereby authorized to execute leases and contracts for the 

 mining of gold, silver, copper, lead, cinnabar or other valuable 

 minerals except coal, from any land now belonging to the state or 

 from any lands to which the state may hereafter acquire title, 

 subject to the conditions hereinafter provided. (Laws '97, p. 

 293, sec. 1 ; sec. 6782 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 273 Pierce.) 



Minerals reserved in sales of state lands: sec. 85, supra. 



Leasing of school and granted lands for agriculture: sec. 128 et seq., 

 ante. 



Leasing for oil and gas mining: sec. 194 et seq., post. 



Sale of building stone and valuable materials: sec. 71, ante. 



