Nevada Code § 517.115

Evidence of abandonment; acquisition after abandonment
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1. Whenever the tailings of any mining
claim or the waste of any mine has been deposited upon the unappropriated
public domain and remains unworked for a period of 10 successive years, it is
prima facie evidence of abandonment of title or the right of possession
thereto.
2. After abandonment, the right of
possession or title to the mining tailings or waste may be acquired by locating
the site on which the tailings or waste is deposited by complying with the
provisions of NRS 517.090 , 517.100 and 517.110 .

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