Any person who shall take down, remove, alter or destroy any stake, post, monument or notice of location upon any mining claim without the consent of the owner or owners thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars [($100)] or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
History: Laws 1889, ch. 25, § 5; C.L. 1897, § 2302; Code 1915, § 3451; C.S. 1929, § 88-107; 1941 Comp., § 67-207; 1953 Comp., § 63-2-7.
ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 53A Am. Jur. 2d Mines and Minerals § 377 et seq.
58 C.J.S. Mines and Minerals § 47.