N.D. Cent. Code § 47-01-06
47-01-06. Appurtenances defined
47-01-06. Appurtenances defined
A thing is deemed to be incidental or appurtenant to land when it by right is used with the
land for its benefit, as in the case of a way or watercourse, or of a passage for light, air, or heat
from or across the land of another. Sluice boxes, flumes, hose, pipes, railway tracks, cars,
blacksmith shops, mills, and all other machinery or tools used in working or developing a mine
are deemed affixed to the mine.