Preamble
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The term "mineral claim" as used in these regulations shall be understood to mean "lode claim," and the term "mining claim" shall be understood to include both "lode" and "placer" claims. A placer claim shall be understood to mean a claim of land more valuable for placer mining, stone quarrying, or for the securing of earth for use in tile, brick, pottery, paint, or other manufacture, of petroleum, guano, or other mineral product, than for other purposes. The rules and regulations for the securing of claims so defined as placer claims shall be as for placer claims as mentioned in this Act.