Student dinner is $20 with discount code, email grandcanyonsme@gmail.com for more information

Date: February 21st, 2020

Location: Hotel St. Michael 205 W Gurley St, Prescott, AZ 86301

** Hotel St. Michael is offering a 10% Room Discount for attending the dinner meeting, call the hotel for more details **

Dinner Options:

• Chicken Marsala - Chicken breast sautéed with mushrooms and shallots, served with herb roasted potatoes, broccolini and Marsala wine sauce

• Cabernet Braised Short Ribs - Slow cooked beef short ribs served in a red wine and mushroom demi with roasted shallot mashed potatoes and chef’s seasonal vegetable selection

• Veg Curry Bowl - Fresh vegetables, yellow coconut curry and cauliflower rice (Vegetarian & Gluten free)

Sponsors: Willing Service Corporation

Speaker: John Lacy, DeConcini McDonald Yetwin & Lacy, P.C.

Topic: History of Mining Law: The mining laws of the West were generally the product of common practices of the miners that were memorialized in “mining district regulations.” The regulations promulgated in the mining districts of California beginning in 1850 were the classic examples. Arizona Territory initially took a different path as a result of the influence of the laws of Mexico and when the first legislative assembly met in Prescott in 1864, the resulting mining law looked very much like the Ordenanzas of Mineria of 1783. These laws included innovations for the acquisition of auxiliary land, support of public schools and specific provisions for litigation of mining disputes. Unfortunately, these advancements only lasted until the enactment of the first federal laws in 1866.

Bio: John Lacy is a mining lawyer in the Tucson office of DeConcini McDonald Yetwin & Lacy and also the Director of the Global Mining Law Center at The University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law. He grew up in a mining camp in Peru and went to high school, college and law school at The University of Arizona. He has represented mineral exploration and mining clients since graduation from law school in 1967 and has taught mining law and related subjects since 1972. John is frequently distracted by his interest in history and has written historical papers served on various boards of the Arizona Historical Society for many years. He is also the president of the Arizona History Convention which puts on annual programs on Arizona historical subjects.

RSVP Deadline: February 16th, 2020 Midnight