Colorado § 34-43-101 - Length of lode claim.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 34-43-101 — Length of lode claim., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 34-43-101. Length of lode claim.
The length of any lode claim located after June 1, 1874, may equal but not exceed fifteen hundred feet along the vein.
Source: L. 1874: p. 185, § 1. G.L. § 1811. G.S. § 2397. R.S. 08: § 4192. C.L. § 3278. CSA: C. 110, § 168. CRS 53: § 92-22-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-22-1.
ANNOTATION
This section does not confine discovery shaft to any specific point along strike, hence the end lines need not be equidistant from the shaft. Taylor v. Parenteau, 23 Colo. 368, 48 P. 505 (1897); Enter. Mining Co. v. Rico-Aspen Consol. Mining Co., 66 F. 200 (8th Cir. 1895), aff'd, 167 U.S. 108 (1897).
Valid location carries with it possessory right, coupled with the right to explore and work the property under existing laws and regulations. Schwarz v. Ulmer, 149 Colo. 601, 370 P.2d 889 (1962).
This article is so-called "Map Law". Schwarz v. Ulmer, 149 Colo. 601, 370 P.2d 889 (1962).
Applied in Ellet v. Campbell, 18 Colo. 510, 33 P. 521 (1893).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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