MINING LAW OF 1872 OVERSIGHT HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MINING AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES United Stala ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS Printed for the use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs 77-967 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1987 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office KF27 •15362 1987.0 COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona, Chairman GEORGE MILLER, California JAMES MCCLURE CLARKE, North Carolina JOHN LEWIS, Georgia BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon DON YOUNG, Alaska, Ranking Republican Member MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California RON MARLENEE, Montana DICK CHENEY, Wyoming CHARLES PASHAYAN, JR., California LARRY CRAIG, Idaho DENNY SMITH, Oregon JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah BILL EMERSON, Missouri BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada BEN BLAZ, Guam JOHN J. RHODES III, Arizona ELTON GALLEGLY, California RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana STEPHEN J. BUCKNER, Republican Consultant on Mining and Natural Resources NOTE.-The first listed minority member is counterpart to the subcommittee chairman. (II) 87-602957 Gary A. Langley, executive director, Montana Mining Association..... Karl W. Mote, executive director, Northwest Mining Association. T.S. Ary, chairman, natural resources committee, National Associa- |