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The mining law of 1872 : past, politics, and prospects /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bakken, Gordon Morris
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2008.
Subjects:	Mineral industries > Environmental aspects > United States. Mining law > United States. Mining law > United States > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

An act to promote the development of the mining resources of the United States
Local mining district regulations
Congress speaks : the general mining laws
Courts speak : mucking out waste and processing words
Location, location, location
It's off to work we go
Spurs, dips, and angles
Litigation
Tailings, slickens, and slimes
Hydraulic mining
Modernizing the mining law of 1872
Environmental law in the Age of Aquarius
A frontal attack on the mining law of 1872
The continuing attack on the mining law of 1872
Badger State battle for mining.