“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 →The U.S. House easily passed reform of the 1872 mining law that still governs the discovery and extraction of “hard rock” minerals on public lands.
The bill did not pass it by enough, however, to override President Bush’s veto.
A weaker bill is expected to pass the Senate, one more in line with some of […]
Continue Reading →The U.S. House of Representative may be close to passing long overdue reforms to the 1872 mining law. Many in the Boise, Idaho area [Treasure Valley] are hoping for changes that will stop the proposed pit mines Canadian mining companies want to excavate upstream at Atlanta, Idaho and other places in the central Idaho mountains.
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Continue Reading →Groups have been trying to reform this for a couple generations. Bush has said he will veto it.
House panel OKs bill imposing mining royalties. By Noelle Straub. Billings Gazette Washington Bureau
Instead of the old nearly free mining clam/patent system, mining operations would have to pay a royalty on “hard rock minerals” like […]
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