Okla. Stat. tit. 42, § 42-148
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Lien on mining property for work thereon
Official statutory text
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.
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.
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