The Mining Law of 1872: Past, Politics, and Prospects

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188 notes Introduction 1. Jared diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (new York: Viking Penguin, inc., 2005), p. 462. 2. ibid., pp. 461–62. 3. duane a. smith, Mining America: The Industry and the Environment, 1800–1980 (Lawrence: University Press of kansas, 1987). 4. diary of William Z. Walker, Mss sC 969, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, pp. 135–37. 5. diamond, Collapse, p. 38. 6. ann scales, Legal Feminism: Activism, Lawyering, and Legal Theory (new York: new York University Press, 2006), p. 108. Chapter 1 1. An Act to promote the Development of the Mining Resources of the United States, ch. 152, 42d Cong., 2d sess., 1872, pp. 91–96. 2. Jared diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (new York: Viking Penguin, inc., 2005), p. 462. Chapter 2 1. John Phillip reid, Constitutional History of the American Revolution, 4 vols. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993). 2. William T. Parry, All Veins, Lodes, and Ledges throughout Their Entire Depth: Geology and the Apex Law in Utah Mines (salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2004), p. 9. 3. stevens to abbey stevens, december 12, 1849, Mss, Milton B. stevens Collection, Box 1, Huntington Library. 4. The diary of Gordon C. Cone, 1849–50, p. 179, at http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin /query/r?ammem/upbover:@field(doCid+@lit(dia103611)), accessed May 30, 2003. Notes to pages 18–22 / 189 5. Johnson to Johnson, december 28, 1850, Johnson Family Papers, Mss, Huntington Library. 6. root to dear sister nelli, april 15, 1862, enoch root Letters, 1858–63, Mss, Huntington Library. 7. root to aunt Mary, april 30, 1862, ibid. 8. Clark to Brother stanford, december 30, 1864, Henry Harmon Clark Papers, Mss, Box 1, Montana Historical society. on Montana’s experience also see Jeffrey J. safford, The Mechanics of Optimism: Mining Companies, Technology, and the Hot Springs Gold Rush, Montana Territory (niwot: University Press of Colorado, 2004). 9. Clark to Brother stanford, august 23, 1865, Henry Harmon Clark Papers, Mss, Box 1, Montana Historical society. 10. ibid. 11. Hedges to Parents, september 13, 1865, Cornelius Hedges Family Papers, Mss, Box 1, Montana Historical society. 12. Clark to William G. Clark, december 3, 1868, Clark Family Correspondence, 1852–69, Mss, Box 1, Huntington Library. 13. Hutch stevens to Matilda stevens Cooper, august 26, 1893, Hutch stevens Papers, Mss, Box 1, Huntington Library. 14. Hutch stevens to Cooper, June 3, 1894, ibid. 15. Hutch stevens to Cooper, May 19, 1895, ibid. 16. Hutch stevens to Cooper, september 6, 1896, ibid. 17. Hutch stevens to Cooper, January 27, 1907, Box 2, ibid. 18. Peter C. stevens to Matilda stevens Cooper, december 26, 1907, ibid. 19. Peter C. stevens to Cooper, March 12, 1908, ibid. 20. Peter C. stevens to Cooper, May 3, 1908, ibid. 21. Mckee to keating, december 10, 1879, nevada Mining Companies Collection, Mss, Box 2, Huntington Library. 22. oscanyan to Turner, october 28, 1910, Bailey Willis Collection, Mss, Box 1, Huntington Library. 23. Pomeroy to smith, January 9, 1929, northern Belle extension Mining Company of Candelaria, nevada Papers, Mss, Huntington Library. also see Hugh a. shamberger, Story of Candelaria and Its Neighbors (reno: U.s. Geological survey and the nevada department of Conservation and resources, 1978). 24. Barbour to Collins, February 12, 1937, Philip r. Barbour Papers, Mss, Box 19, Montana Historical society. 25. Charles Wallace Miller Jr., Stake Your Claim! The Tale of America’s Enduring Mining Laws (Tucson: Westernlore Press, 1991), pp. 24–25. 190 / notes to pages 22–27 26. otis e. Young Jr., Western Mining: An Informal Account of Precious-Metal Prospecting, Placering, Lode Mining, and Milling on the American Frontier from Spanish Times to 1893 (norman: University of oklahoma Press, 1970), p. 112. 27. diary of James Henry Morley, august 9, 1862, Mss, Montana Historical society. 28. ibid., september 8, 1862. 29. ibid., december 21, 1862. 30. ibid., February 8, 1863, and april 26, 1863. 31. records of Lincoln Gulch, Territory of Montana, 1865–79, Mss, Box 1, Montana Historical society. 32. a folkmoot in saxon law was an assemblage of people for a judicial purpose to hear and decide a dispute in their village. 33. ryan to keating, March 27, 1879, Mss, Box 2, nevada Mining Companies Collection, Huntington Library. 34. James J. sinnott, History of Sierra County, vol. 3 (Volcano: California Traveler, inc., 1975), p. 159. Chapter 3 1. Charles...