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When Congress passed the General Mining Act of 1872, the wording was changed to "or other valuable deposits," giving greater scope to the law. The 1872 law was codified as 30 U.S.C. §§ 22-42 [14] The 1872 act also granted extralateral rights to lode claims, and fixed the maximum size of lode claims as 1500 feet (457m) long and 600 feet (183m ...
General Mining Act for the Prussian States (Allgemeines Berggesetz für die Preussischen Staaten. of 24 June 1865 in the: Zeitschrift für das Berg-, Hütten- und Salinenwesen in dem Preussischen Staate, 13th Volume, pp. 29ff pdf, 53.84 MB
The Royal Mines Act 1688 [1] (1 Will. & Mar. c. 30), [3] sometimes referred to as the Mines Royal Act 1688, is an act of the Parliament of England. This act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010. [4] The Royal Mines Act 1688 repealed the part of the Act Against Multipliers, the Gold and Silver Act 1403 (5 Hen. 4. c.
Mining law is the branch of law relating to the legal requirements affecting minerals and mining. Mining law covers several basic topics, including the ownership of the mineral resource and who can work them. Mining is also affected by various regulations regarding the health and safety of miners, as well as the environmental impact of mining.
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) is the primary federal law that regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the United States. SMCRA created two programs: one for regulating active coal mines and a second for reclaiming abandoned mine lands.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) (/ ˈ ɛ m ʃ ə /) is a large agency of the United States Department of Labor which administers the provisions of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) to enforce compliance with mandatory safety and health standards as a means to eliminate fatal accidents, to reduce the frequency and severity of nonfatal accidents, to ...
The act was amended by The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015 replacing the ordinance promulgated on 12 January 2015. [5] [6] The bill sought to bring transparency to the allocation of mining licence process by auctions. [7] It was passed in the Lok Sabha on 3 March 2015 and in the Rajya Sabha on 20 March 2015 ...
The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 30 U.S.C. § 181 et seq. is a United States federal law that authorizes and governs leasing of public lands for developing deposits of coal, petroleum, natural gas and other hydrocarbons, in addition to phosphates, sodium, sulfur, and potassium in the United States.