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  2. Office of the Mining & Lands Commissioner - Wikipedia

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    It was felt that mining activity needed to be more regulated and that a Mining Commissioner should be appointed to decide disputes between claimants. The result was the Mines Act of 1906. While there had been mining laws in Ontario dating back to 1864, the Mines Act of 1906 was a comprehensive revision and update to those laws.

  3. California Coastal Commission v. Granite Rock Co. - Wikipedia

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    California Coastal Commission v. Granite Rock Co., 480 U.S. 572 (1987), is a United States Supreme Court case addressing the question of whether United States Forest Service regulations, federal land use statutes and regulations, or the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, preempt the California Coastal Commission's imposition of a permit requirement on operation of an unpatented mining claim ...

  4. General Mining Act of 1872 - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Land claim - Wikipedia

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    A mining claim is the claim of the right to extract minerals from a tract of public land. In the United States, the practice began with the California gold rush of 1849. In the absence of organized government, the miners in each new mining camp made up their own rules, and to a large extent adopted Mexican mining law.

  6. Ring of Fire (Northern Ontario) - Wikipedia

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    Lavigne said that "Ontario's Mining Act would safeguard his company's corridor claims." [ 31 ] In November 2013, The Globe and Mail , reported on the controversy over whether the province of Ontario, could afford a CAD$2.25 billion road the Trans-Canada Highway near Kenora to the Ring of Fire.

  7. Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Royal Commission on the Health and Safety of Workers in Mines

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    [5] [6] The strike prompted Ontario Premier Bill Davis on 10 September 1974 to ask engineer and university administrator [7] James Ham to lead a commission on the health and safety of workers in uranium mines. [4] [8] The commission focused on the two uranium mining regions in Ontario: Elliot Lake and Bancroft. James Ham submitted his report on ...

  9. Foreign Miners' Tax Act of 1850 - Wikipedia

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    The Foreign Miners' Tax Act of 1850 (official name An Act for the better regulation of the Mines and the government of foreign Miners, nickname the miserable law of 20 piastres) [1]: 210 was an Act passed by the United States state of California in 1850, imposing a tax of $20/month on foreign miners.