Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.453
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Pictured Rocks national lakeshore; reservations and exceptions of mining and mineral rights.
Official statutory text
Sec. 3.
Any such deed and cession shall reserve all mineral, coal, oil and gas rights, but not including sand, gravel, clay or other nonmetallic minerals, to the state of Michigan, together with the right to explore for, mine and remove such minerals from these lands, but no drilling, mining or mineral removal operation of any kind shall be conducted upon the surface of these lands or in the water area.
History: 1967, Act 168, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967
Any such deed and cession shall reserve all mineral, coal, oil and gas rights, but not including sand, gravel, clay or other nonmetallic minerals, to the state of Michigan, together with the right to explore for, mine and remove such minerals from these lands, but no drilling, mining or mineral removal operation of any kind shall be conducted upon the surface of these lands or in the water area.
History: 1967, Act 168, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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