Sketch Of The Mining Industry In Japan Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The Japanese Mining Regulations: Translated From the Original Japanese Text Japan is comparatively rich in mineral wealth, gold, silver, copper, etc., having been extensively mined for several centuries past. In modern times, coal, petroleum, sulphur, and other minerals, have been gradually discovered and are surely destined to become a considerable source of wealth to this country. Unmined minerals have been owned by the State from remote ages irrespective of the ownership of the land. They have been either mined by the governments of successive generations, or else official privileges to mine have been granted to persons who have been induced to undertake the work. Under these circumstances there were, previous to the Restoration, but few regulations relating to mining though there existed in former times institutions and customs relating thereto. Leaving these ancient and obsolete customs out of account, the following is a brief sketch of legislation relating to mining subsequent to the commencement of the Meiji era. By Notification No. 177, issued by the Executive Authorities in February of the 2nd year of Meiji (1867), the opening of private mines was formally allowed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.