THE LAW

OF

MINES AND MINING

IN

THE UNITED STATES.

By the Same Author.

A DESCRIPTION OF MINERALS

OF

COMMERCIAL VALUE.

BY DANIEL MOREAU BARRINGER.

Oblong octavo. Morocco. $2.50.

PUBLISHED BY JOHN WILEY AND SONS, NEW YORK.

OF THE PHILADELPHIA BAR.

STANFORD LIBRARY

JP Branner

With the compliments of

Mr. Panniqu

Copyright, 1897,

BY DANIEL MOREAU BARRINGER,

AND

JOHN STOKES ADAMS.

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University Press:

JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

ΤΟ

THE HON. STEPHEN JOHNSON FIELD,

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States,

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED

IN RECOGNITION OF HIS GREAT WORK IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THE MINERAL LAND LAW