MINE, ALL MINE The Citizen's Mining Company
The Cabinet Mtns Wilderness -- threatened by the Rock Creek mine proposal. | Citizens across the West have joined together to support the Citizen's Mining Company to help protect America's special places.
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AMERICA'S SPECIAL PLACES Re-claiming the West
A Westerner re-claims the West. | With four wooden stakes and 97 cents an acre, all that's required under the antiquated 1872 Mining Law, the Citizen's Mining Company is staking mining claims to protect special places like the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness.
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THE 1872 MINING LAW Plunderer of Special Places
Acid mine drainage warning sign at the closed Leviathan mine. | The 1872 Mining Law allows mining -- even when a mine would pollute special places like a Wilderness Area or a Scenic River.
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ACT NOW!
Re-stake Your Claim to America's Special Places
Pinto Creek Canyon, AZ near the Superstition Wilderness | America's special places need your help! Representatives Nick Rahall (D-WV), Chris Shays (R-CT), and Jay Inslee (D-WA) introduced a new bill that would effectively protect special places from mining and mining pollution.
Act Now to send a letter to your Representative asking them to support the bill> |