1997 Minnesota Statutes

     93.192 State lease to adjacent permittee.  

    In any case where the state owns unmined iron ore not under 
 lease, whether on land or in the bed of a lake or stream, which 
 state ore is adjacent to iron ore owned or leased for mining 
 purposes by another owner or lessee, and where the commissioner 
 of natural resources shall find that it is impracticable to mine 
 such state ore except in conjunction with the mining of the 
 adjacent ore, the commissioner, with the approval of the 
 executive council, upon application of the owner or lessee for 
 mining purposes of such adjacent ore, may enter into a mining 
 lease with such owner or lessee under the following terms and 
 conditions: 

    (a) All applications shall be in such form and contain such 
 information as the commissioner may prescribe.  

    (b) Where any of the ore to be mined under such lease lies 
 within the bed of a public lake or stream, such lease shall be 
 conditioned upon the lessee applying for and procuring an 
 appropriate license and permit from the commissioner, pursuant 
 to Laws 1937, chapter 468, as amended.  

    (c) The mining lease shall be in the form set forth in 
 Minnesota Statutes 1945, section 93.20, with such additional 
 terms and conditions not inconsistent therewith as may be agreed 
 upon.  The minimum royalties and rentals agreed upon shall be 
 not less than those prescribed in Minnesota Statutes 1945, 
 section 93.20.  

    HIST: 1947 c 409 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2