New York Mining Law. [Volume: 8, Issue: 1, 1888, pp. 13-15]

No, 1.]

CHARCOAL IRON WORKERS.

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the general manager of the Chateaugay Ore and Iron Company, is
certainly deserving of praise for his energy in attempting the solution of a problem, which had cost others so much money and
had at that time produced such unsatisfactory results.
To our mind, the question to be determined, is how lean the
material which is taken from the mine can be successfully treated in
the separators; as this lean ore is sorted from the shipping lump
ore, it goes either to the dump or to the separators; it has been
paid for in mining, and, therefore, the only cost to make it valuable is the expense of separation. We, however, do not consider,
that in the present state of our knowledge we have yet found a
wet method of concentration which will compensate an owner to
work a mine which furnishes lean ore only; for the present, jigs
must be confined to utilizing the ore which is taken out with
shipping ore from mines now worked.
We acknowledge the courtesy of the use of the cuts in this
article, to Dr. R. W. Raymond, Secretary of the American Institute of Mining Engineers.-EDITOR.
New York Mining Law.
In the transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, Vol. XVII, Dr. R. W. Raymond, Secretary, discusses the
Mining Law of New York, as contained in Title XI, Chapter IX.,
Part One. of the Revised Statutes, and claims that enlightened
statesmanship should abolish the whole of it, and give all mineral
deposits, out and out, to the owner of the land. In his interpretation of the New York Mining Law, Mr. Raymond; says:
"The word mine is evidently used throughout in the sense
of a mineral deposit upon which a mine may be opened. The
distinction between mines and quarries or diggings, is not recognized.
"The first three sections apparently assume the sovereign right
of the State to all mines of whatever metals or metallic ores within
its borders, and proceed to divide this property of the State into
two classes, one of which is bestowed upon the private land-owner,
and the other reserved to the State. In the first class are put
practically copper, tin, iron, and lead mines only, and not even