---
kind: "unit"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
key: "ch3/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Coal Land Entries in General"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/ch3-schI"
sections_count: 7
---

# Subchapter I — Coal Land Entries in General

Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining › Chapter 3 — Lands Containing Coal, Oil, Gas, Salts, Asphaltic Materials, Sodium, Sulphur, and Building Stone

## Sections

- [§71. Entry of unappropriated or unreserved Federal coal lands; eligibility; application; acreage limitation; price per acre](/usc/30/71.md)
- [§72. Preference right of coal mine entry; acreage limitation](/usc/30/72.md)
- [§73. Presentation of claims](/usc/30/73.md)
- [§74. Number of coal land entries; other entries upon noncompliance with conditions](/usc/30/74.md)
- [§75. Conflicting claims upon coal lands; rules and regulations](/usc/30/75.md)
- [§76. Reservation of rights upon coal lands; sale of certain mining lands](/usc/30/76.md)
- [§77. Alabama coal lands; agricultural entry](/usc/30/77.md)