Explains that the 1872 Mining Law does not provide unlimited public land for ancillary mining uses (i.e. waste dumping).
Golden Patents, Empty Pockets
June 2, 1994 • Thomas Hilliard
Golden Patents, Empty Pockets reports the full scope and dimension of the patenting boondoggle and its origins in an outmoded Civil War-era statute — the 1872 Mining Law.
Burden of Gilt
June 1, 1993 • James Lyon, T. Hilliard, T. Bethell
The legacy of environmental damage from abandoned mines, and what America should do about it.
