The Washington Post, September 17th, 1996
Regarding Rep. Don Young's Sept. 5 letter "Amending the Mining Law" claiming that the Republican Congress had tried to reform the ancient Mining Law of 1872, the "reform" this Congress passed a few months ago was properly vetoed by President Clinton because it was a transparent sham. Rep. Young concedes that the Republican bill would have retained the notorious "patent" provision, but says it would have required miners to pay "fair market value" for such valuable public mineral land, instead of the maximum of $5 per acre. What he fails to point out is that the bill calculates the value for thi...
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