Section 62
SEC. 62. Any qualified person making a valid location of a mining claim, his successors, and assigns, acquires thereby the right of exploration and occupation from the date of the registry of the claims in the office of the mining recorder; but he shall not be entitled to mine or extract minerals from the claim for commercial purposes until a lease is granted thereon as provided for in this Act: Provided, however, That if an application for lease of said mining claim is made, such application shall ipso facto serve to extend the period of such right until final action is taken thereon.