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, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, on Mining Law of 1872, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, June 23, 1987, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987 - 505 pages |
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... proposals were pending before the Subcommittee on Mines and Mining . Since 1977 , however , there has been a dark and ... proposed super col- lider . While there are those who will wax poetic over the Mining Law - who will state that it ...
... proposals were pending before the Subcommittee on Mines and Mining . Since 1977 , however , there has been a dark and ... proposed super col- lider . While there are those who will wax poetic over the Mining Law - who will state that it ...
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... proposal to change the Mining Law back in the 1970's . [ Laughter . ] I withdrew from that attempt , or strategically retreated , what- ever it might be called , because I didn't want to kick an industry which was down and out . The ...
... proposal to change the Mining Law back in the 1970's . [ Laughter . ] I withdrew from that attempt , or strategically retreated , what- ever it might be called , because I didn't want to kick an industry which was down and out . The ...
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... proposal , no matter what the environmental analysis shows . Such a person can already cause significant delays , costing millions of dollars , by simply purchasing a twenty - two cent stamp and filing a groundless objection . Since our ...
... proposal , no matter what the environmental analysis shows . Such a person can already cause significant delays , costing millions of dollars , by simply purchasing a twenty - two cent stamp and filing a groundless objection . Since our ...
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... propose to take away or greatly damage the elements that are necessary to encourage private expenditures in mineral exploration and development : * A secure right to access A secure right of tenure * A profit All proposed locatable ...
... propose to take away or greatly damage the elements that are necessary to encourage private expenditures in mineral exploration and development : * A secure right to access A secure right of tenure * A profit All proposed locatable ...
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... proposed exchanges of public lands . You have to clear the mining claims off the lands before you can consummate exchanges . Any reform effort that fails to address the problem of existing claims by simply grandfathering them wholesale ...
... proposed exchanges of public lands . You have to clear the mining claims off the lands before you can consummate exchanges . Any reform effort that fails to address the problem of existing claims by simply grandfathering them wholesale ...
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1872 Mining Law Accounting Office administrative agencies Alaska Amax areas Arizona Bureau of Land California Chairman changes claimant CONGRESS THE LIBRARY court CRAIG diligence discovery economic environmental exploration and development extralateral rights Forest Service geologic geologists gold hardrock minerals incentive Inholders Insular Affairs Interior and Insular issue June 23 leasing system legislation Leshy LIBRARY OF CONGRESS locatable minerals lode million acres mineral development mineral exploration Mineral Leasing Act mineral resources Mining and Natural Mining Association mining claims mining companies Mining Law System mining operations Montana Mosher Natural Resources Nevada oil shale patent permit placer planning problems production prospecting prospectors protection public domain public domain lands public lands PUBLIC RESOURCE FOUNDATION RAHALL reclamation reform regulations requirements San Bernardino County self-initiation small miner statement statutes Subcommittee on Mining supra note tenure tion Transverse Ranges unpatented mining claims uranium valid valuable mineral deposit wilderness withdrawals
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Page 376 - 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 286 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Page 384 - multiple use" means the management of the public lands and their various resource values so that they are utilized in the combination that will best meet the present and future needs of the American people...
Page 255 - That, in managing the public lands the Secretary shall by regulation or otherwise take any action required to prevent unnecessary or undue degradation of the lands and their resources or to afford environmental protection.
Page 369 - Amendments to federal legislation such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the...
Page 493 - Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Mines And Mining, House Committee On Interior And Insular Affairs Of The United States OF THE UNITED STATES . Mining On National Park Service Lands - What Is At Stake?
Page 34 - SEC. 23. CITIZEN SUITS, COURT- JURISDICTION, AND JUDICIAL REVIEW. — (a) (1) Except as provided in this section, any person having a valid legal interest which is or may be adversely affected...
Page 266 - ... [Legislation readjusting rights and burdens is not unlawful solely because it upsets otherwise settled expectations. This is true even though the effect of the legislation is to impose a new duty or liability based on past acts.
Page 29 - That all valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase...
Page 379 - ... for periodic adjustments in use to conform to changing needs and conditions; the use of some land for less than all of the resources...