Unchanged (for the Worse) since 1872

The General Mining Law of 1872 is among the last statutory survivors of the boisterous era of westward expansion. Essentially unchanged since Ulysses S. Grant signed it into law, it sets the basic rules for mining hard-rock minerals like gold, copper and uranium on public lands.

Read the rest of the NYT editorial urging reform to bring hard rock mining laws from the 19th to the 21st century. New York Times. Editorial.

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One thought on “Unchanged (for the Worse) since 1872

  1. This law outlived its usefulness at the beginning of the 20th century. It has been nothing but a ripoff of our public lands since then. Reform is long over due…

    The scientifically impossible I do right away
    The spiritually miraculous takes a bit longer

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