Mining on Federal Lands.

Provides background and analysis on the General Mining Law of 1872, which grants free access to individuals and corporations to prospect for minerals on public domain lands and allows them to stake a claim on that deposit. Examines proposals to reform the law and related legislative activity.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2002.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Mineral industries. Oil-shales. Public lands. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Provides background and analysis on the General Mining Law of 1872, which grants free access to individuals and corporations to prospect for minerals on public domain lands and allows them to stake a claim on that deposit. Examines proposals to reform the law and related legislative activity.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.