Current through the 2024 legislative session
Section 36-8-1402 - Wyoming historic mine trail and byway system; creation; department duties and processes for trail and byway development; advisory groups(a) The Wyoming historic mine trail and byway system is created for purposes of designating and identifying historic mine locations and trails and byways linking historic mines within the state, and as such, shall:(i) Provide a precise history of mineral development in Wyoming;(ii) Interpret the role of mining and minerals in the development of Wyoming's economy;(iii) Identify and describe Wyoming's mining and mineral development heritage.(b) The Wyoming historic mine trail and byway system shall be established by the department of state parks and cultural resources. The system shall expand upon the first designated historic mine trail and byway as established by this subsection, which shall link the gold mines located in South Pass City, Miners' Delight and Atlantic City, Wyoming, to the iron mines located near Atlantic City, to the uranium mines in the Crooks Gap and Gas Hills mining districts located in Fremont County, Wyoming.(c) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 6, § 2.(d) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 6, § 2.