the Law of Mining Rights in Quebec.
It is not many years since all metals were regarded as the personal property of the feudal lord of the region in which they were found, no matter what rights the lord may have granted for the use of the surface. This idea of sovereignty still exists in many countries and as both gold and silver when...
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McGill University
1953
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| Summary: | It is not many years since all metals were regarded as the personal property of the feudal lord of the region in which they were found, no matter what rights the lord may have granted for the use of the surface. This idea of sovereignty still exists in many countries and as both gold and silver when coined become currency, the manufacture of currency has always been considered a state monopoly, and mines bearing, gold and silver have been termed royal mines and considered as belonging to the sovereign. |
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