---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 U.S.C. § 76"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
number: "76"
heading: "Reservation of rights upon coal lands; sale of certain mining lands"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/76"
units:
  - "Chapter 3 — Lands Containing Coal, Oil, Gas, Salts, Asphaltic Materials, Sodium, Sulphur, and Building Stone"
  - "Subchapter I — Coal Land Entries in General"
---

# §76. Reservation of rights upon coal lands; sale of certain mining lands


Nothing in sections [71](/usc/30/71.md) to [75](/usc/30/75.md) of this title shall be construed to destroy or impair any rights which may have attached prior to the third day of March, 1873, or to authorize the sale of lands valuable for mines of gold, silver, or copper.


## Source credit

(R.S. § 2352.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 2352 derived from act Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 279, § 6, 17 Stat. 608.

### Executive Documents

### Indian Lands Excepted

See note set out under section 71 of this title.