Politicians’ plan for Army to seize gold mines was foiled

Published: Oct. 11, 2019, 2 p.m.

Some Eastern politicians had a plan for paying down Civil War debt: Send in the Army, with the aid of foreign troops, and seize all the productive gold-mining operations in the West. Luckily, a Nevada Senator had a plan to pre-empt it. (Washington, D.C.; 1866) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1908a.origins-of-american-mining-law-559.html)