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A patented mining claim is one for which the federal government has passed its title to the claimant, making it private land. [13] A contiguous package of 850 unpatented lode mining claims with an aggregate area of approximately 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) surrounds the core of patented claims.
On November 1, 2007, the US House passed the Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007 by a vote of 244–116. The bill would have permanently ended new patents for mining claims, imposed a royalty of 4% of gross revenues on existing mining extracting from unpatented mining claims, and placed an 8% royalty on new mining operations.
This subcommittee's jurisdiction includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service including farming and grazing thereon, and wilderness areas; establishment of wildlife refuges on public lands and wilderness designation therein; military land withdrawals; reserved water rights; Alaska Native Claims ...
Kyle Kimmerle, whose family owns more than 100 uranium mining claims in Utah, said he won't be rushing out for new land. "The current price of uranium is not likely to warrant any new claiming ...
The total mining claims on lands owned by the BLM has decreased while the number of rejected claims has increased. Among the over 3.8 million mining claims overseen by BLM just over 10% of claims still active, of which Nevada has the most at 203,705 and California has 49,259. [60] Coal leases.
In 1918 Senter received US$40,000 for his mining claims and "settled into a comfortable retirement in Denver." [1] ... the U.S. Forest Service, ...
Recreational gold mining and prospecting has become a popular outdoor recreation in a number of countries, including New Zealand (especially in Otago), Australia, South Africa, Wales (at Dolaucothi and in Gwynedd), in Canada and in the United States especially. Recreational mining is often small-scale placer mining but has been challenged for ...
Relatives of three people who died last year in a flash flood stemming from the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history are suing the U.S. Forest Service. The wrongful death lawsuit ...