                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 10.1-108)

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Environment&#8221; means the natural, scenic, scientific and historic
attributes of the Commonwealth.
		&#8220;Exploration&#8221; means the examination and investigation of land for
the purpose of locating and determining the extent of minerals, by excavating,
drilling, boring, sinking shafts, sinking wells, driving tunnels, or other
means.
		&#8220;Mineral&#8221; means petroleum, natural gas, coal, ore, rock and any
other solid chemical element or compound which results from the inorganic
process of nature. For the purposes of this article, the word mineral shall not
include timber.

HISTORY: 1978, c. 835, § 10-17.113; 1988, c. 891.