UNITED STATES MINING LAWS

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

MAKING A STUDY OF PROBLEMS IN CONNECTION

WITH THE PUBLIC LANDS OF THE

UNITED STATES

PURSUANT TO

H. Res. 66

(1st Sess., 81st Cong.)

63829

OCTOBER 17 AND 18, 1949

Serial No. 24

Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Lands

CONTENTS

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Proposed revision of the United States mining laws__.

Extract from Hoover Commission report re mineral resources.

Location and use of mining claims for purposes other than mining--

Mining claim problem in the national forests of California----

Requirements of mining laws for patenting of lode and placer claims and

suggestions for simplification of the patenting process---

Problem on extralateral rights under mining laws---

Compilation of existing mining laws taken from United States statutes___

National forest laws approved by President Theodore Roosevelt__-.

Taylor Grazing Act of June 28, 1934_.

Information re mining claims on public domain_

Sample mining location notice..

Sample mine proof of labor (unpatented mining claim).

Sample notice of intention to hold unpatented mining claim__

Interior letter re annual grazing revenue_.

Forest Service letter re annual grazing revenue.

Hearings held in Spokane on revision of United States mining laws__--

Statements of-

Merle L. Drake, Idaho Wool Growers Association.

G. E. Stanfield, representative of the livestock industry__.

T. B. Murray, director, Idaho Fish and Game Department_.

Mert Folts, Izaak Walton League of America___.

Don Clarke, director of game, State of Washington_

R. U. Harmon, Recreation and Lands Division, United States Forest

Service___

K. Wolfe, Recreation and Lands Division, United States Forest Serv-

ice

E. Morgan Pryse, regional director, Bureau of Indian Affairs..

Edward Woozley, State land commissioner, Idaho-

J. W. DeSouza, State highway commission, Oregon_-

Therrett Towles, attorney, Spokane, Wash---

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Roger McConnell, chief geologist, Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining Co__

Harry Marsh, secretary, Idaho Mining Association__.

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Frank S. Sever, attorney, Oregon and California land-grant counties

of Oregon..

Report of the Bureau of Land Management on hearings in Spokane__

Declaration of policy, Northwest Mining Association_

Declaration of policy, Idaho Mining Association___.

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Declaration of policy, Western Division, American Mining Congress_.

Deep discoveries in the Coeur d'Alene mining district of Idaho (by Robert

E. Soronson) ----

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Record of depth and dividends paid, Coeur d'Alene mining district of

Idaho

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Record of pioneer mining man, August Paulsen, Coeur d'Alene mining dis-
trict of Idaho____

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Record of a pioneer mining man, Marcus Daly of Montana_

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Tribute to a one-armed prospector, T. B. ("Uncle Tommy") McWilliams__

Mine roads bill and Ickes episode-

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