Treatment of Oil Shale Mining Claims: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Mineral Resources Development and Production of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, on S. 30 ... H.R. 2392 ... July 31, 1989, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989 - 312 pages |
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... action . ( 4 ) Both the Mining Act of 1872 and the Mineral Leasing Act were intended to accomplish the develop- ment of the mineral resources of the Nation , including oil shale . ( 5 ) Almost none of the oil shale claims have been ...
... action . ( 4 ) Both the Mining Act of 1872 and the Mineral Leasing Act were intended to accomplish the develop- ment of the mineral resources of the Nation , including oil shale . ( 5 ) Almost none of the oil shale claims have been ...
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... actions by both the Secretary and the claimants . Again , we think that all of the parties who are really involved with this issue are not as far apart as some people might think . I know earlier this year and late last year there were ...
... actions by both the Secretary and the claimants . Again , we think that all of the parties who are really involved with this issue are not as far apart as some people might think . I know earlier this year and late last year there were ...
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... action on a significant number of claims . Basically , the history of oil shale mining claims has been the history of the executive , legislative and judicial branches of government wrestling with the question of what actions are ...
... action on a significant number of claims . Basically , the history of oil shale mining claims has been the history of the executive , legislative and judicial branches of government wrestling with the question of what actions are ...
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... actions against the claim ( 30 U.S.C. 28 ) . In the 1920's and early 1930's , the Department contested a number of oil shale mining claims for failure to do assessment work . These contests resulted in two Supreme Court decisions ...
... actions against the claim ( 30 U.S.C. 28 ) . In the 1920's and early 1930's , the Department contested a number of oil shale mining claims for failure to do assessment work . These contests resulted in two Supreme Court decisions ...
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... action before a mining claimant resumes his labor or be barred from contesting the claim on this basis . In other words , as the Supreme Court held in Wilbur v . Krushaic ( 1930 ) , the government may not take advantage of a past lapse ...
... action before a mining claimant resumes his labor or be barred from contesting the claim on this basis . In other words , as the Supreme Court held in Wilbur v . Krushaic ( 1930 ) , the government may not take advantage of a past lapse ...
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Page 256 - ... and he shall also post such notice in his office for the same period. The claimant, at the time of filing this application, or at any time thereafter, within the sixty days of publication, shall file with the Register a certificate of the United States Surveyor-General that five hundred dollars...
Page 255 - ... the claim or mine upon which such failure occurred shall be open to relocation in the same manner as If no location of the same had ever been made...
Page 226 - 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 265 - ... publication in the newspaper published nearest the claim, for at least once a week for ninety days, and if at the expiration of ninety days after such notice in writing or by publication such delinquent should fail or refuse to contribute his proportion of the expenditure required by this section, his interest in the claim shall become the property of his co-owners who have made the required expenditures.
Page 60 - Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I would be pleased to answer any questions you may have.
Page 257 - Wyoming," approved August 1, 1912 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 1346), shall be subject to disposition only in the form and manner provided in this Act, except as to valid claims existent at date of the passage of this Act and thereafter maintained in compliance with the laws under which initiated, which claims may be perfected under such laws, including discovery.
Page 150 - May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars' worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year. On all claims located prior to the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, ten dollars...
Page 59 - States, species are classified as threatened or endangered by the US Fish and Wildlife service in accordance with the 1973 Endangered Species Act, renewed and extended in 1988.
Page 94 - The oil shale patentee shall have the right to use so much of the surface as is necessary for oil shale mining operations; other surface rights shall remain with the US government; d.
Page 123 - This is true even though the effect of the legislation is to impose a new duty or liability based on past acts.