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Committee Serial No. 24. Considers problems related to mining claim patents; withdrawal of public lands from mineral development; access to rights-of-way from mining claimants; and other issues involved in proposed revision of U.S. mining laws as they effect mining, livestock, and lumber industries, and wildlife conservation. Hearings were held in Spokane, Wash.
This text contains the statutory & case law governing mining & other uses orf public lands. The contents of the book include assembly of the public domain, early development of public land policies, disposal of the public domain, reservation of federal minerals, reservations & withdrawals for the public domain, disposition of minerals from federal lands by location, unpatented mining claims, & patenting mining claims & mill sites.
Originally published in 1987, John D. Leshy presents this scholarly study of the 1872 Mining Law as a legal treatise and history of mining in the West from the point of view of mineral exploration and production. This mining law governed the United States mining practice yet had never been changed. The Mining Law attempts to highlight the role of policy and government as well as the more obscure elements of the law which complicated mining practice in the eighties. This title will be of interest to students of Environmental Studies and policy makers.
This casebook is an authoritative introduction to the study of public land and resources law. Case studies, case notes, and examples illustrate points under consideration. Thought-provoking questions generate classroom discussion and hone students' legal reasoning. Representative topics include authority on public lands, wildlife resource, preservation, resource, and history of public land law.