Magazine - Menu - Browse Issues Articles - All Articles - Blast From The Past Articles - Prospecting & Detecting Articles - Small Mining Operations Articles - Legislation & Regulation Articles - How To Articles - Money & Markets Articles - Large Scale Mining Articles - History & Geology Articles - Ask The Experts Articles - The Bawl Mill Articles - Mining Summit Articles - PLP and Mining Districts Articles - Gold Prospecting: For Better or Worse Subscribe & Renew Find A Newsstand About Us About Us - Our Writer Jonathan DuHamel Mr. DuHamel is an exploration geologist who worked for Phelps Dodge for 27 years. As of May 1999, he serves as President of the Tucson (AZ) Chapter of People for the USA. Read Articles by Jonathan DuHamel Subscription - May 1999 (Vol. 68, No. 9) Mining Law—A Short History