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Doc. 152.] 423
SWEDENBORG’S REPLY.
copper -works, is a matter well known to myself, and still
more so to Your Excellency; but as the Board of Mines have
the same liberty of selecting as I have, there is no inequality
in this respect. If they choose to give me an unsuitable place,
and if they reserve a similar one for themselves, then it
amounts to the same, as the increase in the yield does not
depend upon the excellency of the place, but upon the ex
cellency of the process. Moreover, what those who occupy
unsuitable positions for their works lose, I do not undertake
to make up for them , but I simply propose to procure for
them an increase of 10 per cent above that which the owner
obtains in the same place by the usual process.
Besides, the Board of Mines do not seem to have been
called upon to make so very close a computation of the
royalty to be paid, as this was not demanded of the mine
owner, nor was it asked for many years, or even for a life
time.
3. That two good men should in turns be constantly
present at the trial, is for the purpose of removing suspicion,
and is very much needed; also the pledging of these good
men with an oath, as well as all the others who are present
at the trial. That also is necessary which is mentioned in
the fifth paragraph, which is that the trial should be made ac
cording to the usual process.
4. But if the Board of Mines insist on the fourth point,
that the trials should take place on both sides at the same
time, there is room given for suspicion, since no one can be in
two places at the same time, nor bear witness that everything
took place fairly. Moreover, this would be a means of placing
the trials on an insecure foundation, as an opportunity is
,
given on both sides of changing the original designs, and
bringing all into confusion and dispute. I beg, therefore,
most humbly that the Board of Mines be instructed to make
their trial first, and declare the same to be satisfactory, before
I go to work with the counter-trial.
5. I also beg, that before the trials are commenced, an
agreement should be arrived at respecting the basis, on which
the royalty will be computed.
6. It is no matter of doubt why I insist that the
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