Leshy, John D. <br/><br/>
The mining law :  a study in perpetual motion / 
John D. Leshy. 
 - 1st edition. _ 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Rouledge Revivals   c1987. 
 - xvi, 521 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> <br/><br/>CONTENT<br/><br/>1. Introduction <br/><br/>2. Origins <br/><br/>3. The mining law : An overview <br/><br/>4. Free access : A history of its decline <br/><br/>5. Success, abuse and difficulty : The up and down sides of free access in operation<br/> <br/>6. Of anachronism, ambiguity and frustration : The mining law's ingenious machinery in operation <br/><br/>7. Evolution of the law discovery<br/><br/>8. The law of discovery today : Policy and application<br/><br/>9. The problem of scale : Multiple claims and the mining law <br/><br/>10. Regulating mining law activities to protect the environment<br/> <br/>11. The special problem of wilderness<br/><br/>12. The split estate : federal minerals under privately owned surface <br/><br/>13. Administering the mining law : The role of the executive and the courts <br/><br/>14. Reforming the mining law : A brief <br/><br/>15. Can two million potential property  interests on the federal lands be wrong ?<br/><br/>16. The leasing alternative and strategies <br/><br/>17. The mining law today : prospects for change  
<br/><br/>Index : p499-521 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781138951877 ; 978138951853 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mining law
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>341.4  / LES