Welcome to my library of historic mining statutes! The mining statutes collection has federal and some state law. Also check for state-specific resources on state law collection pages.
Also see my Historic Mining Case Law page.
The Historic Mining Law collection is accessed through the Law: Special Topics Index section of the Law Library Index.
I wrote a blog post introducing the historic mining law collection.
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Year |
Title |
Mining Statutes Online |
| 1851 | A Compilation of Spanish and Mexican Law, in Relation to Mines, and Titles to Real Estates, in Force in California, Texas and New Mexico, v. 1 | Google Books |
| 1852 | Springfield Mining Laws [California] | Internet Archive |
| 1853 | General Mining Law: State of Michigan | Hathi Trust |
| 1863 | Mining Laws and Forms: Being a Compilation of the Statutes of the State of California | Internet Archive |
| 1864 | Mining Law of the Territory of Arizona | Hathi Trust |
| 1865 | Mining Laws of the Territory of Arizona | Hathi Trust |
| 1866 | An Act granting the Right of Way to Ditch and Canal Owners over the Public Lands, and for other Purposes (14 Stat. 251) | GovInfo |
| 1867 | Legal Titles to Mining Claims and Water Rights, in California, Under the Mining Law of Congress, of July, 1866 | Google Books |
| 1870 | An Act to Amend “An Act granting the Right of Way to Ditch and Canal Owners over the Public Lands, and for other Purposes” (16 Stat. 217) | GovInfo |
| 1871 | Supplemental Instructions in Relation to Mineral and Agricultural Lands Under the Mining Acts of Congress | Internet Archive |
| 1872 | An Act to Promote the Development of the Mining Resources of the United States (17 Stat. 91) [aka General Mining Act of 1872] | GovInfo |
| 1875 | The Revised Statutes of the United States Relating to Mineral Lands and Mining Resources | Internet Archive |
| 1877 | United States Mining Laws, and Regulations Thereunder. General Land-Office, February 1, 1877. | Google Books |
| 1877 | The Mining Statutes of the United States, California and Nevada | Google Books |
| 1877 | A Commentary on the Mining Legislation of Congress with a Preliminary Review of the Repealed Sections of the Mining Act of 1866 | Internet Archive |
| 1878 | The Revised Statutes of the United States Relating to Mineral Lands and Mining Resources | Google Books |
| 1878 | Handbook of Mining Law | Google Books |
| 1880 | A Commentary of the Mining Legislation of Congress With a Preliminary Review of the Repealed Sections of the Mining Act of 1866 | Internet Archive |
| 1881 | United States Mining Laws, and Regulations Thereunder. General Land Office, October 31, 1881. | Internet Archive |
| 1881 | The Mining Laws of the United States: Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona | Google Books |
| 1881 | United States Mineral Lands: Laws Governing Their Occupancy and Disposal | Internet Archive |
| 1882 | United States Mineral Lands: Laws Governing Their Occupancy and Disposal. Second edition. | Internet Archive |
| 1882 | Manual of American Mining Law as Practiced in the Western States and Territories | Google Books |
| ca 1884 | United States Mining Laws and Regulations Thereunder | Internet Archive |
| 1884 | A Manual of the Mining Laws of the United States | Internet Archive |
| 1885 | The United States Mining Laws and Regulations Thereunder, and State and Territorial Mining Laws, to Which are Appended Local Mining Rules and Regulations | Google Books |
| 1888 | State of Michigan. Mining Law of 1877 (as Amended). | Hathi Trust |
| 1889 | State of Michigan. Mining Law. | Hathi Trust |
| 1893 | Mining Laws Relating to Labor of the State of Kansas | Internet Archive |
| 1894 | United States Mining Laws, and Regulations Thereunder. Approved December 10, 1891 | Google Books |
| ca 1896 | A Dissertation Upon American Mining Law: Its Origin, Development, and Establishment | Hathi Trust |
| 1897 | United States Mining Laws, and Regulations Thereunder | Internet Archive |
| 1897 | The Law of Mines and Mining in the United States | Google Books |
| 1897 | A Treatise on American Law Relating to Mines and Mineral Lands Within the Public Land States and Territories, v. 1 | Hathi Trust |
| 1897 | A Treatise on American Law Relating to Mines and Mineral Lands Within the Public Land States and Territories, v. 2 | Internet Archive |
| 1897 | Mining Laws of the State of Montana | Internet Archive |
| 1897 | Klondike Mining Laws, Rules and Regulations of the United States and Canada Applicable to Alaska and Northwest Territory | Internet Archive |
| 1898 | Miners’ Manual United States, Alaska, the Klondike | Hathi Trust |
| 1899 | United States Mining Laws, and Regulations Thereunder. Approved June 24, 1899 | Google Books |
| 1899 | Howell’s Miners’ Code for the Use of Miners in Montana and Idaho, with Forms | Hathi Trust |
| 1899 | Extracts from the Constitution, the Revised Codes and 1909 Session Laws of Idaho, Relative to Mining | Internet Archive |
| 1900 | Manual for the Use of Prospectors on the Mineral Lands of the United States | Internet Archive |
| 1900 | The Law of Mines and Mining in the United States | Google Books |
| 1901 | United States Mining Laws and Regulations Thereunder | Internet Archive |
| 1901 | A Compendium of Gold Metallurgy (Ores) and Digest of U.S. Mining Laws, Water Rights, Desert Land Law, etc. | Internet Archive |
| 1902 | Historical Sketch of the Mining Law in California | Hathi Trust |
| 1902 | Lectures on Mining Law | Hathi Trust |
| 1903 | American Mining Code: Embracing the United States, State, and Territorial Mining Laws, and the General Land Office Regulations | Google Books |
| 1903 | A Treatise on the American Law Relating to Mines and Mineral Lands within the Public Land States and Territories and Governing the Acquisition and Enjoyment of Mining Rights in Lands of the Public Domain, Second Edition, v. 1 | Hathi Trust |
| 1903 | A Treatise on the American Law Relating to Mines and Mineral Lands within the Public Land States and Territories and Governing the Acquisition and Enjoyment of Mining Rights in Lands of the Public Domain, Second Edition, v. 2 | Hathi Trust |
| 1903 | Mining Rights in the Western States and Territories: Lode and Placer Claims | Internet Archive |
| 1905 | Mining Rights on the Public Domain: Lode and Placer Claims. Tunnels, Mill Sites and Water Rights | Internet Archive |
| 1905 | The Law of Personal Injuries in Mines | Internet Archive |
| ca 1906 | United States Mining Laws, and Regulations Thereunder. Approved December 18, 1903. | Google Books |
| 1906 | Idaho Mining Rights | Google Books |
| 1907 | United States Mining Laws, and Regulations Thereunder. Approved May 21, 1907. | Google Books |
| 1907 | Wilson’s Mining Laws: United States, Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah. Second edition. | Internet Archive |
| 1907 | Mining Laws of State of West Virginia | Internet Archive |
| 1907 | Mining Laws of Wyoming and of the United States and Regulations Thereunder in Effect April 1st, 1907 | Google Books |
| 1907 | Mining, Mineral and Geological Law: A Treatise on the Law of the United States | Hathi Trust |
| 1908 | Handbook on American Mining Law | Internet Archive |
| 1908 | Martin’s Mining Law and Land-Office Procedure | Internet Archive |
| 1908 | Mining Rights on the Public Domain | Internet Archive |
| 1908 | Lode and Placer Claims: A Manual of Mining Law in the States and Territories of the United States | Google Books |
| 1908 | Kansas Mining Laws | Internet Archive |
| 1909 | United States Mining Laws and Regulations Thereunder, Approved March 29, 1909 | Google Books |
| 1909 | Wilson’s Mining Laws: United States, Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah. Fourth edition. | Internet Archive |
| 1909 | Extracts from the Constitution, the Revised Codes and 1909 Session Laws of Idaho, Relative to Mining | Hathi Trust |
| 1909 | Coal Mining Laws of Illinois in Force July 1, 1909 and 1910 | Google Books |
| 1909 | Laws of Missouri Relating to Mines and Mining: 1909 | Internet Archive |
| 1910 | Mining Rights on the Public Domain | Google Books |
| 1910 | Kansas Mining Laws, 1910 | Hathi Trust |
| 1910 | Mining Laws of Ohio | Internet Archive |
| 1911 | The Law of Mines and Mining in the United States, v. 2 | Google Books |
| 1911 | Mining Laws of the State of Alabama | Internet Archive |
| 1911 | Wilson’s Mining Laws: United States, Arizona, California, Oregon, Nevada and Utah. Fifth edition. | Internet Archive |
| 1911 | Mining Law for the Prospector, Miner, and Engineer | Hathi Trust |
| 1911 | A Manual of American Mining Law | Hathi Trust |
| 1912 | United States Mining Laws and Regulations Thereunder, Apprived March 29, 1909 (Reprinted November 6, 1912) | Google Books |
| 1913 | Mines and Mining: Laws of Utah | Internet Archive |
| 1914 | A Treatise on the American Law Relating to Mines and Mineral Lands within the Public Land States and Territories and Governing the Acquisition and Enjoyment of Mining Rights in Lands of the Public Domain, Third Edition, v. 1 | Hathi Trust |
| 1914 | A Treatise on the American Law Relating to Mines and Mineral Lands within the Public Land States and Territories and Governing the Acquisition and Enjoyment of Mining Rights in Lands of the Public Domain, Third Edition, v. 2 | Hathi Trust |
| 1914 | A Treatise on the American Law Relating to Mines and Mineral Lands within the Public Land States and Territories and Governing the Acquisition and Enjoyment of Mining Rights in Lands of the Public Domain, Third Edition, v. 3 | Hathi Trust |
| 1914 | Mining Law | Hathi Trust |
| 1914 | Wilson’s Mining Laws: United States, Arizona, California, Oregon, Nevada and Utah. Sixth edition. | Internet Archive |
| 1914 | A Report on the Administration of Labor and Mining Legislation in Illinois | Internet Archive |
| 1914 | Mining Laws United States and California | Internet Archive |
| 1914 | Mining Laws of Ohio, 1914 | Google Books |
| 1915 | United States Mining Statutes Annotated, Part 1. Sections and Statutes Relating to Metalliferous and Coal Mining | Google Books |
| 1915 | United States Mining Statutes Annotated, Part 2. Miscellaneous Mining Subjects. | Google Books |
| 1915 | A Manual of American Mining Law | Hathi Trust |
| 1916 | Mining Laws Federal and State. Mine Rules and Regulations Appended. | Google Books |
| 1916 | Mining Statutes of New Mexico and of the United States, Etc. | Internet Archive |
| 1916 | Coal Mining Laws of Texas | Internet Archive |
| 1917 | Mining Rights on the Public Domain. 15th edition. | Internet Archive |
| 1917 | Summary of the Laws Regulating the Location, Holding and Transfer of Mines and Mining Claims in Arizona | Internet Archive |
| 1917 | Wilson’s Mining Laws: United States, Arizona, California, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Utah. | Internet Archive |
| 1917 | Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals: General Information and Laws Effective July 1, 1917 | Google Books |
| 1918 | California Mining Statutes Annotated | Hathi Trust |
| 1919 | Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals: General Information and Laws Effective July 1, 1919 | Google Books |
| 1919 | Illinois Mining Statutes Annotated | Google Books |
| 1919 | Laws of Missouri Relating to Mines and Mining: 1919 | Internet Archive |
| 1919 | Bituminous Mining Laws of Pennsylvania, 1919 | Hathi Trust |
| 1920 | Pennsylvania Mining Statutes Annotated | Hathi Trust |
| 1921 | Wilson’s Mining Laws: United States, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Utah. | Internet Archive |
| 1922 | United States Mining Laws and Regulations Thereunder, Approved April 11, 1922 | Google Books |
| 1931 | American Mining Law, With Forms and Precedents | Hathi Trust |
| 1937 | State of Nevada. State and Federal Mining Laws. | Hathi Trust |
| 1938 | Federal Placer-Mining Laws and Regulations | Google Books |
| 1939 | Requirements for Ventilation — Alabama Mining Law | Hathi Trust |
| 1941 | Lode and Placer Mining Regulations as Amended to and Including November 1, 1940 | Google Books |
| 1943 | American Mining Law With Forms and Precedents | Hathi Trust |
| 1945 | Mining Laws of the State of Idaho | Hathi Trust |
| 1947 | Lode and Placer Mining Regulations as Amended to and Including November 1, 1940 | Google Books |
| 1947 | State and Federal Mining Laws, 1947 Edition [Nevada] | Hathi Trust |
| 1948 | American Mining Law, With Forms and Precedents, v. 1 | Hathi Trust |
| 1948 | American Mining Law, With Forms and Precedents, v. 2 | Hathi Trust |
| 1954 | Colorado Mining Laws | Hathi Trust |
| ca 1955 | Lode and Placer Mining Regulations as Amended to and Including November 1, 1955 | Google Books |
| 1959 | Mining Laws of the State of Idaho | Hathi Trust |
| 1972 | Nevada State Mining Laws, 1972 Edition | Hathi Trust |
| 1977 | Revision of the Mining Law of 1872 | Google Books |
