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could prove any right. This was regarded in those times
as so important an object, that it was always considered as
belonging to the sovereign, and neither to the finder nor to
the proprietor of the land, unless the right to it had been
conveyed to the latter by an express clause in his charter.
It was put upon the same footing with gold and silver mines,
which, without a special clause in the charter, were never
supposed to be comprehended in the general grant of the
lands, though mines of lead, copper, tin, and coal were, as
things of smaller consequence.

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Publication Information: Book Title: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Contributors: Adam Smith - author, C. J. Bullock - editor. Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1909. Page Number: 232.
    
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