The 1872 Mining Law Allows

WASHINGTON D.C. When President Barack Obama recently proposed his 4.1 billion budget for the 2017 fiscal year there was little surprise that it included a proposal for a hard-rock mining royalty fee to help remediate abandoned mines across the country

Under this outdated law mining companies are able to extract billions of dollars of minerals on Americas public lands essentially for free often with no liability for environmental cleanup said Claire Moser of the Center for American Progress

WHO WE ARE. Save Our Cabinets is about keeping the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness free from the environmental consequences of hardrock mining by preventing the construction of the proposed Montanore and Rock Creek mines and by promoting reform of the 1872 Mining Law

The General Mining Law of 1872. The General Mining Law of 1872 as amended through the years is the foundation of your right to explore discover locate acquire and maintain rights to mineral resources on certain public lands

1998-5-1The 1872 Mining Law signed by President Ulysses S. Grant and still in effect today allows patents for hardrock minerals on public lands to be mined for 2.50 or 5 per acre

An 1872 mining law that allows private companies to mine public lands for free is a taxpayer rip-off costing the government millions of dollars a year said Sen

2015-2-2FRONTLINECIR exposed how public lands are still ruled by 1872 mining law. By Rachael Bale February 2 2015 Miners work in the Yukon Territory in 1898. Nineteenth-century laws and policies continue to govern our natural resources and public lands today.

The outdated 1872 Mining Law allows foreign companies to use and abuse American public lands for free said Lauren Pagel Earthworks Policy Director

2011-4-22A congressional hearing was held last week on proposed changes in the Mining Law of 1872 a law that governs hard rock mining mainly in the West. Under the law private corporations have earned an estimated 245 billion worth of minerals from the publics lands. The corporations can acquire public lands for as little as 2

The 1872 Mining Law has been under fire for decades but the industry has been able to head off countless attempts at reform

Earlier this year Mr. Larry Tuttle walked 1872 miles around the Western United States to highlight and discuss the current U.S. law governing mining regulations. Penned in the year 1872 many citiens and activists feel the law is so antiquated and mineral rights sold so cheaply that it is in need of a major overhaul. Reform of the Act signed by President Ulysses S

1.1 What regulates mining law The regulation of the mining industry follows the devolution of certain powers relating to mining from the government of the United Kingdom to the governments of Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland

2019-9-27Journal of Air Law and Commerce Volume 78Issue 1 Article 2 2013 Asteroids the New Western Frontier Applying Principles of the General Mining Law of 1872 to Incentive Asteroid Mining Lauren E. Shaw Follow this and additional works athttpsscholar.smu

Citing 1872 mining law Vilsack OKs roadless area projects. Noelle Straub EE reporter. Greenwire Thursday May 13 2010

2015-8-13The Animas River spill is serving to reignite a debate about the 1872 Mining Law which environmentalists call antiquated and whether to mine uranium near the Grand Canyon

2015-1-21The Mining Law of 1872 is one of the more high-profile outdated lords of yesterday policies created in a long-gone era of Western expansion that still govern our natural resources

2020-1-25Mining law is the branch of law relating to the legal requirements affecting minerals and mining.Mining law covers several basic topics including the ownership of the mineral resource and who can work them

2014-2-6The nations hardrock mining industry owes an enormous debt to President Ulysses S. Grant

2015-8-25Myth The 1872 Mining Law allows valuable mineral-bearing public lands to be sold for 2.50 to 5.00 per acre

2018-9-12PRIMER ON MINING LAW unpatented mining claim.2 Because of the different nature of inquiry the type of proof necessary to satisfy the legal standard of discovery changes. The sliding scale type of proof required to show a discovery of valuable mineral under the 1872 Mining Law3 1

2009-8-17Signed by President Ulysses S. Grant with prospectors and pack mules in mind the 1872 Mining Law allows gold uranium and other hard-rock metals to be mined from most western public lands almost for free and with few restrictions

2015-10-6A law signed by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872 still governs the mining of gold uranium and other hardrock metals on federal land in New Mexico and other western states

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

It allows people to buy rights to one acre of land for 5 and mine it for metals like copper silver and gold. There are no royalties or charges for environmental destruction and its been that way since the gold rush