Oklahoma § 42-148 - Lien on mining property for work thereon

§ 42-148. Lien on mining property for work thereon

All miners and other employees engaged in the work of developing

and opening up coal mines, sinking of shafts, or construction of

slopes or drifts, the driving of entries, mining in coal, and every

mechanic, builder, artisan, workman, laborer or other person who

performs any work or labor in and about such mines, shall have as

security for such work and labor performed, a lien therefor upon the

buildings, machinery, equipment, inside or outside, income,

franchises, leases or subleases and all other appurtenances and all

property of the person, owner, agent, firm or corporation owning,

constructing or operating such mine or mines, and all property in

their possession or under their control, or permitted by the owner

to be used in the construction or operation thereof, superior or

paramount, whether prior in time or not, to that of all persons

interested in such mines as managers, lessees, sublessees,

operators, mortgagees, trustees and beneficiaries under trust, or

owners.

Laws 1925, c. 108, p. 156, § 1; Laws 1939, p. 344, § 1.