§ 102. Assessment work on contiguous oil lands, located as claims, of same owner
Where oil lands are located under the provisions of sections
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661 of title
43 as placer mining claims, the annual assessment labor upon such claims may be done upon any one of a group of claims lying contiguous and owned by the same person or corporation, not exceeding five claims in all, where such labor will tend to the development or to determine the oil-bearing character of such contiguous claims.