The commissioner may execute leases to prospect for iron ore and other ores upon lands belonging to the state or in which the state has an interest and for the mining of the ores, subject to the conditions provided in sections 93.15 to 93.28.
Minn. Stat. § 93.14
(6403) 1921 c 412 s 1; 1925 c 395 s 1; 1927 c 389 s 1; 2000 c 495 s 11