{"data":{"id":"us-mt/77-3-306","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"77-3-306","heading":"Conditions on manner of mining.","body":"(1) Every coal lease shall be conditioned upon compliance with Title 82, chapter 4, parts 1 and 2.\n(2) These coal leases are subject to the condition that the coal must be mined, handled, and marketed in a manner that will prevent as far as possible all waste of coal and are also subject to the condition that the mining operations shall be carried on in a systematic and orderly manner that will not make subsequent mining operations more difficult or expensive. A violation of any of these conditions is grounds for the forfeiture of the lease after a hearing before the board.","path":["TITLE 77. STATE LANDS","CHAPTER 3. ROCK, MINERAL, COAL, OIL, AND GAS RESOURCES","Part 3. Coal"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0770/chapter_0030/part_0030/section_0060/0770-0030-0030-0060.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:00:23Z","sha256":"ff552b5b135e1a79f9ddf3ba490385f9a692029f8e09606493ce0d10a055a757","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/77-3-305","next":"us-mt/77-3-307"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}