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18 public-domain mining documents in the Mining Law collection of the Mountain Man Mining Library.
43 CFR Part 3800 — Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws
BLM / eCFR · 2024
43 CFR Subpart 3809 — Surface Management Regulations
BLM / eCFR · 2024
A Manual of American Mining Law
A.H. Ricketts · 1909
A Treatise on American Law Relating to Mines and Mineral Lands (3rd ed., 3 vols.)
Curtis H. Lindley · 1914
American Mining Law with Forms and Precedents (CA Bulletin 123)
A.H. Ricketts / CA Division of Mines · 1943
DOI Testimony — Reforming the Mining Law of 1872
US Department of the Interior · 2022
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA)
Bureau of Land Management · 2016
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act)
95th US Congress · 1977
Legal Guide for California Prospectors and Miners
California Division of Mines & Geology · 1973
Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. § 181 et seq.)
66th US Congress · 1920
Mines and Mining — A Commentary on the Law of Mines and Mining Rights
Wilson I. Snyder · 1902
Mining and Mineral Policy Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. § 21a)
91st US Congress · 1970
Mining Claims and Sites on Federal Lands — BLM Brochure
Bureau of Land Management · 2021
Mining on Federal Lands — GAO Report (GAO-20-461R)
US Government Accountability Office · 2020
Mining, Mineral and Geological Law
Charles H. Shamel · 1907
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA)
95th US Congress / OSMRE · 1977
The Mining Law of 1872 — Full Statutory Text (30 U.S.C. §§ 22-54)
42nd US Congress / USDA Forest Service · 1872
The Mining Reports — Cases on the Law of Mines (22 vols.)
R.S. Morrison & E.D. De Soto, eds. · 1883