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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: President Ulysses S. Grant, local officials will call on U.S. Senate to bid farewell to the 1872 Mining LawGrant's westward tour includes Portland, Missoula, Denver and Albuquerque
President Ulysses S. Grant will be in four cities this week starting tomorrow, March 25, as part of a campaign to modernize the Civil War-era law that governs gold, uranium and other hardrock mining in the West. In his whistle stop tour, dubbed "Farewell to 1872," President Grant, who signed the mining law of 1872, will sign and deliver a proclamation [PDF] with current-day stakeholder groups and public officials who support reform. The former President made a similar appearance at the U.S. Capitol last fall to mark House passage of a bill to modernize the nation's 135-year old mining law, which still gives mining priority over other uses on many western public lands. The U.S. Senate is expected to produce its own reform proposal next month. President Grant's proclamation will call for the Senate to take swift action to reform the nation's mining law and protect national parks, forests and western communities. The tour, sponsored by the Pew Campaign for Responsible Mining, also will include radio ad buys in local media markets, featuring picks and pack mules used to mine during the Grant presidency when the law was enacted. U.S. Senators in Oregon, Montana, Colorado and New Mexico will have a significant role in shaping a Senate mining reform package. A report released earlier this month by the nonprofit Environmental Working Group shows a boom of new mining claims encroaching on communities in these and other western states. What:Whistle stops at Portland, Missoula, Denver and Albuquerque with local leaders.Who:President Grant and his wife, Julia, in 19th century costume, with elected officials, outdoor industry and activist leaders.When:
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