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Assignment #7: Western States & Public Lands Mining
Environmental Organizations and Advocacy Mineral Policy Center focuses on the environmental impact of mining (toxic waste, land and water pollution), the 1872 Mining Law (30 U.S.C.A. Secs. 71-76), legislative policy and regulations, with references to international mining in Indonesia and the Philippines. Treasured Bureaucracies (Thoreau Institute)
The Mining Frontier: Boom and Bust (1849-1890)
The 1872 Mining Law: Time for Reform? Hardrock Mining, the 1872 Law, and the U.S. Economy Mining in National Parks and Wilderness Areas Mining Law Reform:
The Impact of a Royalty
Mineral Exploration and Development Act of 1997 A bill introduced in the House of Representatives by Nick Rahall
(WV). High
Country News (Mining) People for the West Position Paper: Mining Law Reform Mining Law of 1872: Digging
a Little Deeper Government Agencies Western States Web Resources National
Mine Land Reclamation Center: Research Program for the Western Region
Arizona Mining News (High Country News) Navajo Uranium Radiation Victims Navajo Uranium Miners Fight for Compensation Memories Come To Us In the Rain and the Wind (Navajo Uranium Miners) Native Americans and Uranium Mining Report on the 4th
Indigenous Uranium Forum Mine Site Locations and Environmental Hazards
Colorado Colorado Mining and Minerals (Statistics) General
References (Bibliography) A Big Mine Underneath a Wilderness, Upstream from Lake Pend Oreille A mining company, American Smelting and Refining Company (ASRCO), plans one of the largest copper/silver mines in North America that will require drilling 9000 feet below two peaks in the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area and blast out 108 million tons of copper and silver-bearing ore (and in the process, subject one of Idaho's largest natural lakes, Lake Pend Oreille to pollution. Idaho Council on Industry and the
Environment Montana Blackfoot River Valley May Get Huge Mine (High Country News) The Blackfoot River: Hugh Gold Mine Threatens a Montana Legend Clark Fork-Pend Oreille Coalition, a community group opposes two mining companies, Phelps Dodge and Canyon Resources, and their plans to put a mine in the headwaters of the Blackfoot River. The river is the subject of the lyrical work of Norman Maclean in A River Runs Through It. The planned mine is reported to be one of the world's ten largest mines. The Clark Fork-Pend Oreille Coalition is a grassroots river-protection group in Missoula, Montana formed in 1985 to stop a pulp mill from increasing its pollution to the Clark Fork River. A Big Mine Underneath a Wilderness: Upstream from Lake Pend Oreille ASARCO Mine Information: Destroying the Cabinet Mountains Judge Rocks Montana's Open-pit Mines Montana Clean Water Initiative Montana Mining News (High Country News) Use the High Country News search engine and search for "Montana mining" or other similar entries. Montana
Mining Report (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis) Nevada Mining News (High Country News) Use the search engine and type "Nevada Mining" and similar entries. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology New Mexico New Mexico Mining News (High Country News) Use the search engine and type "New Mexico mining" and
similar entries. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance The 1866 Mining Act: Ghost from the Past Haunts Our Public Lands Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. Utah Mining News (High Country News) Use the High Country News search engine for "Utah mining" or similar entries. Wyoming Grassroots Grit Beat `The Mine from Hell' Coal, Water, Nation, and Land at Northern Cheyenne Wyoming Mining News (High Country News) (Use the High Country News search engine for "Wyoming mining" or similar entries) Wyoming Mining Association (Comprehensive links to mining companies) |