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# Mining Laws Have Long Been Used for Recreation
- URL: https://www.adamsowards.net/mining-laws-have-long-been-used-for-recreation/
- Published: 2019-05-24T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-16T17:24:05.000Z
- Author: Adam M. Sowards
- Tags: magazine articles, publication, high country news, 2019, reckoning with history, general mining act, mining, history, ralph cameron, environmental history, idaho, recreation

"Mining laws have long been used for recreation," *High Country News* (May 24, 2019). 

[Mining laws have long been used for recreation - High Country NewsIn Idaho, a law meant to boost mining actually allows for its end as recreation transforms the West’s economy.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/icon/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-9.png)High Country NewsAdam M. Sowards![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/thumbnail/miningidahoriver1.jpg)](https://www.hcn.org/articles/reckoning-with-history-mining-laws-have-long-been-used-for-recreation?ref=adamsowards.net)