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San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft, 1874. (illustrator). San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft, 1874. From the United States Supreme Court Library Copp, Henry N[orris]. Decisions of the Commissioner of the General Land Office and the Secretary of the Interior: Under the United States Mining Statutes of July 26, 1866, July 9, 1870, and May 10, 1872: With Appendix of Circulars and Forms. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft, 1874. iv, 351 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, with red and black lettering pieces. Boards soiled, lettering pieces faded and nicked. From the U.S. Supreme Court Library with their discard stamp on front pastedown, and Library of Congress duplicate stamp on front free endpaper. $250. * The book was published in the wake of the California Gold Rush and the settlement of the American West. At this time, miners were staking claims on public lands under informal rules and local codes, and the federal government was trying to create a coherent legal system for resource extraction. The 1872 act, which codified the new federal approach, made books like Copp's a necessity for anyone involved in mining.