Spanish Mining Laws

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Spanish Mining Laws
January 10th, 1559
Don Phillip II, and in his absence, Princess Dona Juana, at Valadolid, January 10th, 1559

Book VI, Title XIII, Law IV Recopilacion de Castilla

 

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Spanish Mining Laws - March 18th, 1563 Articles 1 -3

Spanish Mining Laws - March 18th, 1563 Articles 1 -3

 

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Spanish Mining Laws - March 18th, 1563 Articles 4-6

Spanish Mining Laws - March 18th, 1563 Articles 4-6

 

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The 1559 law alots gold and silver, to the miner(s), using the same percentages for both metals. The 1563 law changes those rules and assigns different percentages for each of the two metals. The quintal, or 'quint' is a measure of 100, not a specific numerical percentage. Nowhere in the text of the mining rules have I found a reference to the crown receiving ONLY 20%, except for silver. In fact, it is the miner(s) who in the end recieved the 20%, and that is ONLY after they have made a certain amount of money from an individual mine. The more they took out, the smaller the percentage they got to keep.

 

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