The mining law : a study in perpetual motion
The Mining Law illuminates the obscure corners of Western history, federal land and resource policy, and the relationships among various branches of government in making and carrying out policy. This title presents a study of this 1872 Mining Law. It explains how the law has survived in the face of legislative paralysis.
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Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Origins3. The Mining Law: An Overview4. Free Access: A History of Its Decline5. Success, Abuse, and Difficulty: The Up and Down Sides of Free Access in Operation6. Of Anachronisms, Ambiguities, and Frustration: The Mining Law's Ingenious Machinery in Operation7. Evolution of the Law of Discovery8. The Law of Discovery Today: Policy and Applications9. The Problem of Scale: Multiple Claims and the Mining Law10. Regulating Mining Law Activities to Protect the Environment11. The Special Problem of Wilderness12. The Split Estate: Federal Minerals under Privately Owned Surface13. Administering the Mining Law: The Role of the Executive and the Courts14. Reforming the Mining Law: A Brief History15. Can Two Million Potential Property Interests on the Federal Lands Be Wrong?16. The Leasing Alternative---and Strategic Minerals17. The Mining Law Today: Prospects for ChangeAppendix A: The Mining Law ExcerptedAppendix B: Outline of Typical Miners' Rules