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

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233 abandonment, 11, 29, 55–56 abstract of title, 43–44 Ackley, Arlyn, 167 Albuquerque Journal, 186 Aldrich, Donald, 110 Alfers, Stephen D., 148 American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978, 154–55 American Indian rights, 52. See also sacred site American Metal Climax, Inc., 121–22 American Mining Congress, 30, 111, 131–32, 135–36, 138, 139, 141, 160 Amigos Bravos, 1 Anaconda Copper Mining Company, 31, 83, 93, 109, 117–18 ancient constitution of Britain, 17 Anderson, Forrest H., 42 Anderson, James A., 143 Anderson, Mark, 140 Arizona, 47–49, 58, 60, 63, 73, 107–9 Arizona Mining Association, 107 apex rule, 5–6, 10, 14, 27, 28, 29, 36, 62–71, 75 Aspen, CO, 75 Assiniboine Tribe, 156 Austin, NV, 20 Barber, Charles F., 142 Bear River, CA, 2 Bear River and Auburn Water & Mining Company v. New York Mining Company (1857), 32 Bennet, Hiram P., 25, 26 Bodie, CA, 23, 88, 101 Black, Spencer, 166, 170 Blackfeet Nation, 154 Bullard, Massena, 80 Bumpers, Dale, 139, 148, 153, 177–78 Bunker Hill, ID, 78 Burgess, Phillip, 153 Burnett, Peter H., 32–33 Butte, MT, 4, 31, 38, 57, 83, 88, 100–101, 177 California, 2–3, 16–19, 22, 40, 88, 95–96, 97–99, 143, 147–63 California Coastal Commission v. Granite Rock (1987), 124–25 California Desert Protection Act, 143, 147–63 California environmental statutes: Endangered Species Act of 1970, 120; Coastal Act of 1976, 120; PorterCologne Water Quality Control Act of 1969, 120; San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission Act of 1969, 120; index 234 / index Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975, 120 California Mine Operators Association, 30, 131 California Mining, 150, 154, 155 California Mining Association, 136, 149, 156 California Supreme Court, 32–33 Campbell, Ben Nighthorse, 152 Cannon, Howard W., 114 Carson, Rachel L., 116 Castle Mountain Mine, 122–23, 145, 149 Chadwick, Walter F., 43, 51–52, 75 Chapman, William S., 98 Chumasero, William S., 43, 51–52, 75, 98 claim, mining, 16, 14, 17, 27, 37–54, 75. See also location claim jumping, 22, 24, 40–44, 55, 60 Clark, Charles Francis, 20 Clark, Henry Harmon, 18–19 Clark, William A., 51 Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970, 115 Clean Air Act of 1963, 116 Clean Water Act of 1972, 115 Cole, Cornelius, 27 Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2005), 1–2, 82–83. See also Jared Diamond Colorado, 18, 42–43 Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act of 1976, 119 Colorado Mining Association, 130, 142, 148 Colorado Open Mining Land Reclamation Act of 1973, 119 Colvin, John, 150–51 Commoner, Barry, 116 common law (includes custom of miners), 4, 28, 32, 62, 72–73 Comstock Lode, 4, 6, 10, 17, 27, 62, 73 Cone, Gordon C., 18 Conness, John, 25 copper mines, 4, 17–18, 31, 83, 93, 109–10, 117–18 Corette, John Earl, 45, 58, 61 Craig, Larry, 154 Crandon Mine, 167–74 Cranston, Alan, 143, 154, 163 cyanide process, 81, 101–4, 123, 151, 172, 176, 179, 183 dam failure, 100 Debris Commission (CA), 96–100 delay due to litigation, 75–79, 97 Delcour, David W., 138 Dempsey, Stanley, 139 Diamond, Jared, 1, 2, 5, 15, 31, 53–54, 61, 82–83, 87, 181 Doyle, James (Jim), 173–74 Doyle, Michael, 144 dredge mining, 83–84 Dwyer, Robert G., 109 environmental damage, 3–4, 15, 33, 52–54, 82–105, 160–61 Index / 235 Environmental Protection Agency, 144, 148, 155–56 Environmental Regulatory Compliance, 144 Esteves, Pauline, 177 extralateral right of pursuit, 18. See also apex rule Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 112, 127 Feinstein, Diane, 155 Field, Stephen J., 36 Filler, Bob, 150 Flambeau Mine (Ladysmith, WI), 165–68, 171, 185 Flambeau Mining Company, 165, 171 Francavigilia, Richard V., 120 General Land Act of 1785, 17 Geology, 65–70 Glendale, MT, 80 Gochnour, Pat, 145 Graf, William L., 120 Grannell, William, 132–33 Grass Valley, CA, 101–2 Gromley, John, 130 Gros Ventre Tribe, 156, 158 Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of, 16 Hallett, Moses, 36, 75–76 Hauser, Samuel, 75, 86 Hawley, James H., 56 Hayden, Carl T., 48–49 Hayden, Tom, 137 Hedges, Cornelius, 19, 74 Hendricks, Thomas S., 144–45, 152–53 Heyburn, W. B., 38 Higby, William “Bloody Bill,” 25 High Country News, 162, 177 Hunt, William H., 30, 32 Idaho, 38, 56, 67, 89 Independent Record (Helena, MT), 161 Indian reservations, 52 Iron...