All lands under lease for extraction of coal or other deposits, shall be developed and operated in a workmanlike manner and with a view to development of the whole area tributary to the shafts, drifts, tunnels or other openings made, and failure of the lessee or his assigns to observe this provision shall be cause for cancellation and forfeiture of the lease thereon in the manner hereinbefore provided in this chapter.

History: Laws 1912, ch. 82, § 43; Code 1915, § 5221; C.S. 1929, § 132-144; 1941 Comp., § 8-916; 1953 Comp., § 7-9-16.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Compiler's notes. — The words "this chapter" apparently refer to ch. 102 of the 1915 Code, §§ 5178 to 5290, the presently effective sections of which are compiled herein as 19-1-1, 19-1-2, 19-1-4 to 19-1-6, 19-1-9 to 19-1-16, 19-1-21, 19-2-1, 19-5-3 to 19-5-10, 19-6-1 to 19-6-7, 19-7-1, 19-7-7, 19-7-8, 19-7-11, 19-7-13, 19-7-19 to 19-7-22, 19-7-25, 19-7-27 to 19-7-30, 19-7-34, 19-7-36, 19-7-50 to 19-7-53, 19-7-57, 19-7-58, 19-7-64 to 19-7-67, 19-8-1 to 19-8-3, 19-8-10, 19-8-12, 19-8-13, 19-9-1 to 19-9-8, 19-11-10 NMSA 1978.

Cross references. — For forfeiture of lease for failure to pay rent, see 19-7-34 NMSA 1978.

For grounds of forfeiture of grazing or agricultural lease, see 19-7-35 NMSA 1978.

For forfeiture procedure on violation of lease or other written instrument, see 19-7-50 NMSA 1978.

For forfeiture for defrauding the state of royalties, see 19-8-1 NMSA 1978.

For forfeiture of coal lease on failure to comply with terms thereof, see 19-9-13 NMSA 1978.

For cancellation of oil and gas lease, see 19-10-20 NMSA 1978.

For forfeiture of lease under the Geothermal Resources Act, see 19-13-23 NMSA 1978.