What is the current state of the law on regulation of mining claims on federal lands?

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The following excerpt is from Bohmker v. Oregon, 903 F.3d 1029 (9th Cir. 2018):

regulation of mining claims on federal lands. In United States v. Weiss , 642 F.2d 296 (9th Cir. 1981), for example, after considering the purposes underlying the Mining Act of 1872 and the Organic Act of 1897, including 16 U.S.C. 475, 478 and 551, we concluded:

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