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Author Bakken, Gordon Morris.

Title The mining law of 1872 : past, politics, and prospects / Gordon Morris Bakken.

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 237 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-231) and index.
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.
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Subject Mining law -- United States -- History.
Mining law.
United States.
History.
Mining law -- United States.
Mineral industries -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
Mineral industries -- Environmental aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Bakken, Gordon Morris. Mining law of 1872. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 9780826343567 0826343562 (DLC) 2008014524 (OCoLC)220099634
ISBN 9780826343581 (electronic book)
0826343589 (electronic book)