If two or more persons own any mine they shall be considered tenants in common. Any one or more such tenants in common shall have the right to enter upon, occupy, prospect, develop, and work said mine in a minerlike manner, extracting, milling, and disposing of the ore from the common property without the consent of any nonworking tenant in common, subject to accounting to the nonworking tenant in common for his proportionate share of the net profits of such mining operations.
Source: L. 23: p. 451, § 1. CSA: C. 92, § 8. CRS 53: § 92-23-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-231.