Florida Paper - Mining Leases
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 7
- File Size:
- 322 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1896
Abstract
In the West many precious-metal mines are worked in patches by lessees, under conditions which closely resemble those of what is called " tribute-work" in Cornwall.* The company has its own foreman or inspector, and usually employs the engineman, blacksmith, pumpman, and perhaps other general workmen. As an inducement to work on a new piece of ground, where no ore is in sight, the company may advance a " footage"
Citation
APA: (1896) Florida Paper - Mining Leases
MLA: Florida Paper - Mining Leases. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1896.