Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 45-361
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Terms defined
Official statutory text
When used in this title the following terms, unless otherwise
defined, shall be construed to have the following meaning:
1. "Coal" means lignite, subbituminous, cannel, bituminous,
semibituminous, semianthracite, anthracite and asphaltic minerals or
other hydrocarbons recovered by mining.
2. "Mine" means a quarry, an underground or surface excavation
and development with or without shafts, slopes, drifts or tunnels,
for the extraction of coal or minerals, with hoisting or haulage
equipment and appliances for the extraction of coal or minerals, and
shall embrace any and all of the land or property of the mining
plant, and the surface and underground, that contribute directly or
indirectly to the mining properties, concentration or handling of
coal or minerals.
3. "Minerals" means asphalt, clay, copper, granite, gravel,
gypsum, lead, marble, salt, sand, shale, stone, tripoli, volcanic
ash and zinc, or any other substance commonly recognized as a
mineral and includes ores or rock containing any such substances but
excludes oil, gas and any other mineral found naturally in a liquid
or gaseous state.
defined, shall be construed to have the following meaning:
1. "Coal" means lignite, subbituminous, cannel, bituminous,
semibituminous, semianthracite, anthracite and asphaltic minerals or
other hydrocarbons recovered by mining.
2. "Mine" means a quarry, an underground or surface excavation
and development with or without shafts, slopes, drifts or tunnels,
for the extraction of coal or minerals, with hoisting or haulage
equipment and appliances for the extraction of coal or minerals, and
shall embrace any and all of the land or property of the mining
plant, and the surface and underground, that contribute directly or
indirectly to the mining properties, concentration or handling of
coal or minerals.
3. "Minerals" means asphalt, clay, copper, granite, gravel,
gypsum, lead, marble, salt, sand, shale, stone, tripoli, volcanic
ash and zinc, or any other substance commonly recognized as a
mineral and includes ores or rock containing any such substances but
excludes oil, gas and any other mineral found naturally in a liquid
or gaseous state.
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