Please note that new mining claims filed on or after September 1, 2019, will be subject to the new fee schedule.

They cited concerns that the Trump administration would allow more logging, oil drilling, mining or development on some of the 46 million acres controlled by the federal government in California.

All of which brings us back to the question of why we rely so heavily on China in the first place. America’s economy is heavily dependent upon energy and telecommunications, but does that require Chinese manufacturing? Clearly not.

We have learned over the years, of course, that “previous development,” “roadless,” and “local support,” are in the mind of the beholder.