Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in The West 1839–1860.
Informal rules created by prospectors in early mining camps to settle disputes over land claims in the absence of official government law.
Mining Codes appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The Making of America (1789–1900), especially The West 1839–1860 and Gold Rush.
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