{"data":{"id":"us-mt/82-2-304","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"82-2-304","heading":"Exemption -- discovery pits on federal lands.","body":"Discovery pits which may be required to locate a mining claim on federal lands open to mineral entry, when excavated entirely by hand methods with hand tools, are exempt from the operation of this part.","path":["TITLE 82. MINERALS, OIL, AND GAS","CHAPTER 2. MINING GENERALLY","Part 3. Landowner Notification of Surface Operations"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0820/chapter_0020/part_0030/section_0040/0820-0020-0030-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:03Z","sha256":"286b71cfdbddedfbe91c1fe59dff38555988aeead91dfd5494dad814227774e2","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/82-2-303","next":"us-mt/82-2-305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}