Mineral Exploration and Development Act of 1991: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, on H.R. 918 ... Hearing Held in Denver, CO, April 12, 1991, Part 5U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 |
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Page 159 - ... it is the continuing policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation with State and local governments, and other concerned public and private organizations, to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare...
Page 95 - Chairman, this concludes my prepared statement, and I would be pleased to answer any questions you or the members of the subcommittee may have.
Page 630 - ... no location of a mining claim shall be made until the discovery of the vein or lode within the limits of the claim located.
Page 66 - A civil action wherein jurisdiction is founded only on diversity of citizenship may, except as otherwise provided by law, be brought only in [the judicial district where all plaintiffs or all defendants reside...
Page 666 - A mining claim perfected under the law is property in the highest sense of that term, which may be bought, sold, and conveyed, and will pass by descent/ It is not, therefore, subject to the disposal of the government.
Page 228 - Many of our members reside near and use the public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the US Forest Service.
Page 210 - Cumulative impact" is the impact on the environment which results from the incremental impact of the action when added to other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions regardless of what agency (Federal or non-Federal) or person undertakes such other actions. Cumulative impacts can result from individually minor but collectively significant actions taking place over a period of time.
Page 666 - Those claims are the subject of bargain and sale, and constitute very largely the wealth of the Pacific coast States. They are property in the fullest sense of the word, and their ownership, transfer and use are governed by a well-defined code or codes of law, and are recognized by the States and the Federal government. This claim may be sold, transferred, mortgaged, inherited, without infringing the title of the United States.
Page 667 - Where minerals have been found and the evidence is of such a character that a person of ordinary prudence would be justified in the further expenditure of his labor and means, with a reasonable prospect of success, in developing a valuable mine, the requirements of the statute have been met.
Page 665 - It has, therefore, been repeatedly held that mining claims are property in the fullest sense of the word, and may be sold, transferred, mortgaged, and inherited without infringing the title of the United States, and that when a location is perfected it has the effect of a grant by the United States of the right of present and exclusive possession (Forbes v.