Volume and Worth
The Mineral Policy Center estimates that mining companies extract $2 billion to $3 billion in minerals from public lands every year—royalty free. From 1872 to 1993, mining companies took more than $230 billion out of the federal lands, royalty free, according to the Mineral Policy Center.
Read more about this topic: General Mining Act Of 1872
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