§ 30-1-123 — Protection of livestock from mining shafts

Every person, persons, company or corporation, who have already
sunk mining shafts, pits, holes, inclines, upon any mining
claim, or upon any mineral property, ground or premises, or who
may hereafter sink such openings aforesaid, shall forthwith
secure such shafts and openings against the injury or
destruction of livestock running at large upon the public
domain, by securely covering such shafts and other openings as
aforesaid, in a manner to render them safe against the
possibility of livestock falling into them or in any manner
becoming injured or destroyed thereby; or by forthwith making a
strong, secure and ample fence around such shafts and other
openings aforesaid. Any person, persons, corporation or company
who shall fail or refuse to fully comply with the provisions of
this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be subject to imprisonment in a county jail for
not more than ninety (90) days or fine of not more than one
hundred dollars ($100.00) or both such imprisonment and fine in
the discretion of the court imposing sentence. Any person,
persons, corporation or company who shall fail or refuse to
fully comply with the provisions of this section shall also be
liable to the owner thereof for any damages sustained by injury
or loss of livestock thereby.