Description of the Most Principal Mineral Ores and Mining Methods

However, if one or

What should be done if the landowner cannot provide timber for the mine construction.

another landowneroriginal: Grundtherr; the person who owns the surface land where a mine is located. does not have enough construction timberoriginal: Paivholtz with which the mine worksoriginal: Pergwercks gepew underground might be supported and kept stable, so that the shareholdersoriginal: Gewercken; the investors or partners who operate the mine must procure such necessary timber elsewhere at their own expense, then they shall be obligated to fund no more than two inheritance sharesoriginal: Erbkukuß; in mining law, a 'Kux' was a specific share in a mining venture. 'Inheritance shares' were typically free shares granted to the landowner or sovereign that did not require them to contribute to operating costs. for the landowner, and to pay out the dividendsoriginal: Außbeut; the net profit distributed to shareholders after all expenses are paid from them.

But as for the

Wood for construction above ground.

timber for the construction of houses, smelters, and charcoal huts, stamp millsoriginal: Puchwerck; industrial sites where ore was crushed by heavy, water-powered hammers to prepare it for smelting., charcoal, wood for roasting ore, and other such necessities above ground: the landowner should likewise allow the miners to have this, though for a reasonable and tolerable forest taxoriginal: Waldzinß; a fee or royalty paid for the right to harvest wood from a forest., upon the proper assignment by the rangersoriginal: Hoͤger; forest officials or foresters, in places from which the wood can be easily brought to the mines.

Should it be the case that

the same landowner does not have the necessary timber on his own lands, he shall be obligated—as far as it rests upon him and is possible—to negotiate for such lacking timber from his neighbors or other places at the nearest possible location, likewise for the shareholders' payment of a reasonable forest tax.