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    The General Mining Act of 1872 is a United States federal law that authorizes and governs prospecting and mining for economic minerals, such as gold, platinum...
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    The Amnesty Act of 1872 is a United States federal law passed on May 22, 1872, which removed most of the penalties imposed on former Confederates by the...
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    the act, these materials were subject to mining claims under the General Mining Act of 1872. Previous to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, the General Mining...
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    The Comstock Act is largely codified across title 18 of the United States Code and was enacted beginning in 1872 with the attachment of an extraneous...
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    German mining regulations Law on Mining Concessions (Chile) Mining act General Mining Act of 1872 (United States) Minerals and Mining Law of 1986 (Ghana)...
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    The 1872 United States presidential election was the 22nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1872. Despite a split in the...
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    the absence of a clear constitutional directive, Congress passed the Electoral Commission Act, which established a 15-member commission of eight Republicans...
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    passed the General Mining Act of 1872 to encourage mining of federal lands. As with the California Gold Rush in the mid-19th century, mining for minerals...
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    has original text related to this article: Civil Rights Act of 1866 The Civil Rights Act of 1866 (14 Stat. 27–30, enacted April 9, 1866, reenacted 1870)...
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    centuries. Mother lode, the principal vein Ore genesis Thickness General Mining Act of 1872 Land patent Binger Hermann Surveying Geographic information system...
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