The mining law of 1872
Subtitle: past, politics, and prospects
By: Gordon Morris Bakken.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780826343567
Subjects: Mining law -- United States -- History; Mining law -- United States; Mineral industries -- Environmental aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An Act to Promote the Development of the Mining Resources of the United States; title: Local mining district regulations; title: Congress speaks : the general mining laws; title: Courts speak : mucking out waste and processing words; title: Location, location, location; title: It's off to work we go; title: Spurs, dips, and angles; title: Litigation; title: Tailings, slickens, and slimes; title: Hydraulic mining; title: Modernizing the mining law of 1872; title: Environmental law in the Age of Aquarius; title: A frontal attack on the mining law of 1872; title: The continuing attack on the mining law of 1872; title: Badger State battle for mining.