“The 137-year-old law is a legacy of a bygone era in the West”
Folks have been trying to change this law my entire life and long before that. Will this be the year? If so, how much can it be changed?
The Oregonian thinks change is now politically possible. The 1872 Act has long […]
Continue Reading →Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall wants hard rock mines to pay royalties-
Despite Obama’s seeming lack of interest in mining reform (probably due to prompting from Harry Reid), the chair of the House Natural Resources Committee is not detered.
Story in the Salt Lake Tribune. Report: Time for hard-rock mining companies to pay […]
Continue Reading →They say the West is going to be in play for once and and maybe decide the 2008 presidential race. However, the candidates are not really talking about Western issues. Yes, Obama came out against the Cline coal pit mine that would pollute the Flathead River as its runs into the United States. He also […]
Continue Reading →The Forest Service is telling Atlanta Gold that it needs to post bond for cleanup of arsenic that results from the mining of gold along a tributary of the Boise River. The mine, citing the 1872 Mining Act, claims right not to do so suggesting that to do so sets an ‘unacceptable precedent.’
Continue Reading →As the price of gold and other “hard rock” minerals rises, the need to change the 135-year old law that established the claim and patent system on public lands grows.
Key U.S. Senate Committee hears about the need for mining reforms. By Staci Matlock. The New Mexican.
Mining claims rise near Western cities. […]
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