USFS Harasses, Intimidates and Threatens Teenage Miner 
USFS Terror: USFS Employee Steals California Miner's Property
Change in BLM Maintence Fees for Association Placer Claims
Former USFS Employees Demand Withdrawal of Chetco River
Environmental extremists killing jobs, economy in Oregon
Miners challenge California ban on dredging
Miner on the American River plays garbage man
Tombstone: The Mining District Too Tough To Die
USFS Terror from Yester-year
Miner Dave on Self Determination
El Dorado County Sheriff Supports Property Rights of Miners
Cassanelli Throws Hat in Ring Again
Miner Dave talks with Bill Meyer about his illegal arrest
The Illegal Arrest of Miner Dave
USFS to SW Oregon Miner: "If this was any other country, we'd just take you out!"
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against State on Riverbed Ownership
USFS Terror: Two Oregon Miners Expose Repressive & Illegal Agency Activity
Hal Anthony on the Public Land vs. Public Domain
Defazio Launches Attack on Galice and Grave Creeks
Southern Oregon Miner Defeats USFS in Court
Hal Anthony on Mining Districts
Hal Anthony on Granted Mining Rights, mining permits and mineral co-ordination
The Mining Law: The Extent of Federal Authority Over Public Domain

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Law of Possession of 1865
Mineral Grant of 1866
Placer Act of 1870
Act to Protect the Rights of Miners of 1871
General Mining Act of 1872
Oregon Water Law of 1899
Executive Order 10997
Doctrine & Law of Possessory Actions (22 ppgs)
Digest of the Law of Mines & Minerals (1878) (480 ppgs)
Manual of American Mining Law as Practiced In The Western States & Territories (1882) 
Mining Rights in the Western States and Territories - 1903 (538 ppgs)
Relations of the Government to Mining (Origins of Mining Law) - 1879 (80 ppgs)
Mining Camps: A Study in American Frontier Government - 1885 (324 ppgs)
Mining Law for the Prospector, Miner & Engineer - 1911 (357 ppgs)
Mining Rights on the Public Domain - 1908 (600 ppgs)
Land Laws of the Mining Districts - 1884 (67 ppgs)
Digest of the Laws of Mines & Minerals (case law) - 1878 (473 ppgs)
Ron Gibson's 2008 Letter to Senator Gordon Smith, regarding the Act of 1866

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In the News:

Idaho roadblock remains after judge intervenes
Merkley gets an earful about forest road closures
 

Learning Center:

Oregon Highway Act of 1901
Chairman's Final Report Concerning the November 13th Subcommittee on Forests & Forest Health (Reaffirms the Grant of 1866 and its relevance to Rights of Way) - 2000
 
 
 
 

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The Mineral Resources of Oregon - 1903 (book)
The Mineral Resources of Oregon - 1916 (book)
Geology & Ore Deposits of the Takilma-Waldo, Oregon District - 1933) (book)
Medford, Oregon as a Mining Center - 1912 (book)
Mines of the Riddles Quadrangle, Oregon - 1907 (book)
Mineral Resources of the Grants Pass Quadrangle, Oregon - 1908 (book)
Mineral Resources of South West Oregon - 1914 (book)
Distribution of Placer Gold in the Sixes River, Oregon - 1970 (book)
Oregon Metal Mines Handbook - Josephine County - 1952 (book)
Oregon Metal Mines Handbook - Jackson County - 1943 (book)
Oregon Metal Mines Handbook - Coos, Curry and Douglas County - 1940 (book)
Mining in Josephine County - 1900 (book)
The Rogue River Valley Coal Fields - 1907 (article)
Mining Districts of the United States - 1912 (book)
Northwest Mines Handbook - 1918 (book)
The International Mines Handbook - 1922 (book)
Mining on Althouse Creek - 1935 (series)
The Stampede to Red Dog - 1900 (article)
Platinum in Josephine County - 1903 (article)

Learn more about mining in Oregon in our mining information center