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A grassroots group opposing expansion plans for a limestone quarry near Glenwood Springs continues to seek more information from the Bureau of Land Management on the mine. The Glenwood Springs Citizens’ Alliance filed a lawsuit...
A public land use scholar writes in a commentary: "mining is a high-technology industry, but it is still governed by the Mining Law of 1872."
Because of an 1872 law, miners get a free pass on paying taxes while mining federal land.
Hard rock minerals like gold, silver, copper and lithium on public lands belong to the American public, but under a 150-year-old law, the US gives them away for free.
Hard rock minerals like gold, silver, copper and lithium on public lands belong to the American public, but under a 150-year-old law, the U.S. gives the...