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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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    Bergordnung - German mining regulations Law on Mining Concessions (Chile) Mining act General Mining Act of 1872 (United States) Minerals and Mining Law of 1986...
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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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    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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  • collapsing of mine stopes, mining-induced seismicity, flooding, or general mechanical errors from improperly used or malfunctioning mining equipment (such as...
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    The 1872 United States elections were held on November 5, electing the members of the 43rd United States Congress. The election took place during the Third...
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    Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely...
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  • The History of coal mining goes back thousands of years, with early mines documented in ancient China, the Roman Empire and other early historical economies...
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    The Coinage Act of 1873 or Mint Act of 1873 was a general revision of laws relating to the Mint of the United States. By ending the right of holders of...
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    The 1872–73 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 4, 1872, and April 7, 1873. Each...
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    abortion-related matter. 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...
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    change of name of New Hinulawan: Carlos María de la Torre (1869-1872) became the new Spanish Governor-general of the Philippines. Father Mariano Brazal (1869-1876)...
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    Address 1872 General Mining Act of 1872 Crédit Mobilier scandal Modoc War Star Route scandal Salary Grab Act Amnesty Act 1872 elections 1872 State of...
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    that spurred this system with the exception of the General Mining Law of 1872 and the Desert Land Act of 1877 have since been repealed or superseded. In...
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    Address 1872 General Mining Act of 1872 Crédit Mobilier scandal Modoc War Star Route scandal Salary Grab Act Amnesty Act 1872 elections 1872 State of...
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    The 1872 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on April 3, 1872, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Republican candidate and incumbent...
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    Gunpowder (1866) Gun-cotton (1866) On Explosive Agents (1872) Researches in Explosives (1875) Mining accidents and their prevention. New York: Scientific...
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    act not in accordance with the spirit of the civilization of the nineteenth century." On November 8, Fish met with Spanish minister Don José Polo de Bernabé...
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    (Democratic) William H. Hamman, oil pioneer and former Confederate brigadier general (Greenback) Anthony Banning Norton, postmaster of Dallas and newspaper...
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    Islanders Protection Act 1872 (the principal Act), which was amended by the Pacific Islanders Protection Act 1875. The principal Act provided for the Governor...
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    The 1872 Maine gubernatorial election was held on September 9, 1872. Incumbent Republican governor Sidney Perham defeated the Democratic candidate Charles...
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    first United States Senator from Nevada, where he helped pass the General Mining Act of 1872.: 66–70  Silver baron Alvinza Hayward, known in his lifetime as...
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    LHD (load, haul, dump machine) (category Underground mining)
    called Minegem and Automine respectively. Adit Gold mining Mining Shaft Mining Mining Act of 1872 Stoping [1], Surface and Underground Excavations, 2nd...
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  • brothers were also associated with the Willison Mining Company, as members of the board of directors, in 1872. It has been reported that Lehman Spiegelberg...
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  • legislature. As a result, in 1869, the Louisiana legislature passed "An Act to Protect the Health of the City of New Orleans, to Locate the Stock Landings...
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  • S. Grant as a politician, and drifted away from the Republican party. By 1872 Pike was disenchanted with Black suffrage and the corruption and failures...
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