3836.11—What are the general requirements for performing assessment work?
(a)
Beginning in the assessment year that begins after you locate your mining claim, you must expend $100 in labor or improvements for each claim for each assessment year preceding the date on which you file for a small miner waiver.
(2)
One or more claims in a group of contiguous lode or placer claims that you own or hold an interest in and that cover the same mineral deposit; or