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==== Chronology of Mining in the United States ==== | ==== Chronology of Mining in the United States ==== | ||
1763 First coal mines in what is now Richmond, Virginia<ref name="infomine">Global InfoMine ''Mining in USA'' http://www.infomine.com/countries/SOIR/USA/ 1990-2010< | 1763 First coal mines in what is now Richmond, Virginia<ref name="infomine">Global InfoMine ''Mining in USA'' http://www.infomine.com/countries/SOIR/USA/ 1990-2010<ref> | ||
1785 The government created a Land Ordinance which specified that one-third of all mineral lands were to be reserved for the United States. | 1785 The government created a Land Ordinance which specified that one-third of all mineral lands were to be reserved for the United States. | ||
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1848 First Coal miner's union formed in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania | 1848 First Coal miner's union formed in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania | ||
1866 The government Act of 26 July 1866 provided for mining claimants to be able to obtain a patent for their mineral lands. The requirements for a patent for lode claims were that the claimant must have made a significant amount of improvement on the claim and must pay a certain amount per acre. By 1870, this included placer claims.<ref name="Hone">Hone, Wade E. ''Land and Property Research in the United States'' Ancestry Incorporated, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1997< | 1848 California gold rush | ||
1866 The government Act of 26 July 1866 provided for mining claimants to be able to obtain a patent for their mineral lands. The requirements for a patent for lode claims were that the claimant must have made a significant amount of improvement on the claim and must pay a certain amount per acre. By 1870, this included placer claims.<ref name="Hone">Hone, Wade E. ''Land and Property Research in the United States'' Ancestry Incorporated, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1997<ref> | |||
1880 Gold strike in Juneau, Alaska | |||
1872 The General Mining Law was established which defined mineral lands as those which held "any valuable minerals." <br> | 1872 The General Mining Law was established which defined mineral lands as those which held "any valuable minerals." <br> | ||
1879 First oil wells drilled in California | |||
1887 First oil wells drilled in Texas | |||
==== Mines in the United States ==== | ==== Mines in the United States ==== | ||
The largest Coal Producing States in 1889 were Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia, Iowa, Alabama, Indiana, Colorado, Kentucky, Kansas and Tennessee <ref>Source: ''Thirteenth Census of the United States, Vol. XI, Mines and Quarries, 1913,'' Table 4, p. 187. As quoted in Wikipedia ''History of Coal Mining in the United States.''</ref> | The largest Coal Producing States in 1889 were Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia, Iowa, Alabama, Indiana, Colorado, Kentucky, Kansas and Tennessee <ref>Source: ''Thirteenth Census of the United States, Vol. XI, Mines and Quarries, 1913,'' Table 4, p. 187. As quoted in Wikipedia ''History of Coal Mining in the United States.''</ref> | ||