Fact Sheets

• Reforming the U.S. Hardrock Mining Law of 1872: The Price of Inaction [PDF] — September 2009



• Factsheet: S. 796, The Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act Protecting Taxpayers and the Environment [PDF] — April 17, 2009



• Factsheet: Gold versus Coal: A Six Billion Dollar Difference [PDF] — January 24, 2009



• Factsheet: The Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act: Protecting Taxpayers and the Environment [PDF] — January 24, 2009



• Factsheet: The 1872 Mining Law: Time for Reform [PDF] — January 24, 2009



• Timeline: Hardrock Mining in the West — The Pollution Persists [PDF] — June 1, 2008



• Letter: Environmental Community Letter to Senate [PDF] — March 12, 2008



• Factsheet: Sweet Deals from 1872; Modern Mining Needs a Modern Law [PDF] — February 14, 2008

Other Resources

The following sites contain helpful resources on mining:

• Earthworks



• Environmental Working Group:
  • U.S. Mining Database
  • Who Owns the West?
  • Losing Ground



• Congressional Research Service, "Mining on Federal Lands: Hardrock Minerals," March 8, 2007 [PDF]



• "The Mining of the West," a special four-part series by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2001

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