Mining Register.
Section 17
SEC. 17. Mining Register. - The Director shall cause a mining register to be kept in the Bureau of Mines, or in such other places as he may designate, on which all instruments concerning mining rights, such as acquisition, sub-lease, operating agreements, transfers, assignments, abandonment, cancellation and others, are recorded and registered in chronological order of receipt upon payment of the required fee. On each instrument recorded and registered, shall be annotated the date and time of filing, document number, page of register, register book number, year series, the amount of fee paid, and the official receipt number.