Section 21
SEC. 21. Voluntary Abandonment of Mining Claim.-A claim owner may, at any time before a lease is granted, voluntarily abandon his mining claim by filing for record with the Director or his deputy, an affidavit of abandonment, and from the date of the recording of such affidavit all the rights and interests in such claim shall be deemed to have ceased: Provided, That the original locator or his successor or assigns shall not be allowed to relocate directly or indirectly the same claim.