American Law of Mining, Second Edition
This multi-volume treatise provides in-depth analysis and a practical approach to mining law and related topics. Written and updated by attorneys who are experts in their fields, and edited by the Foundation, it includes comprehensive coverage of:
- Federal lands and minerals
- Federal mineral leases
- Mining claims
- State and Indian mineral interests
- Environmental regulation (15 chapters dedicated to permitting, NEPA, air quality, water quality, RCRA, CERCLA, surface management and reclamation, local land use controls, wildlife and vegetation protection, cultural resources protection, uranium, toxic substances control, and toxic torts)
- Alaska lands and mineral interests
- Mineral title examination (fee, state, federal, and Indian lands; unpatented mining claims)
- Federal coal regulations
- Hard mineral royalties
- Ancillary use rights
- Water rights
- Organizational considerations
- Private mineral leases and mineral acquisition considerations
- Joint exploration and operating agreements
- Administrative practice and procedure
- Mining and milling operations
- Health and safety regulations
- State and local taxation of minerals
- Mine closure
- Canadian mining law (8-chapter section on Canadian system of government and its relationship to the mining industry, foreign ownership restrictions, acquisition of mineral development rights on private and Crown lands, Aboriginal rights and claims, financing, taxation, and environmental and permitting considerations)
Second edition published 1984
Updated annually
6 looseleaf volumes
ISBN 978-0-8205-1010-1