CHAP. 275.—An ACT to amend the charter of the Wythe lead
and zinc mine company so as to enlarge its rights and privi-
eges.

Approved February 16, 1892.

Whereas, by act of the general assembly of Virginia
approved March twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-
four, a charter of incorporation was granted to certain
persons therein named, under the name and style of the
Wythe lead and zinc mine company, and which said charter
was afterwards amended by an act approved May twenty-
third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; and whereas
the limited powers and privileges granted to said com
ny by said original and amended acts prevent its working
to advantage all its minerals and mineral substances and
the products of its land; therefore,
§ 15. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That in addition tothe rights, powers, and privileges here-
tofore granted said company by the acts aforesaid, it
shall further have the right to dig, bore, and mine for all
other minerals, ores, and substances, such as iron, manga-
nese, copper, tin, lead, zinc, silver, gold, and so forth, and
coal-oil and gas and mineral waters; to reduce and man-
ufacture the same into any form of which it may be capa-
ble of assuming by reduction or otherwise; to sell all such
ores and metals, coal-oil, gas, and waters in their original
or reduced or manufactured form; to open quarries of rock
and sell the same, either dressed, undressed, or in a reduced
form; to sell timber and to manufacture the same into
any form of which it is capable and then sell it; to erect
and operate saw and grist mills, and all such forges, fur-
naces, foundries, and machinery as may be necessary; to
exercise to advantage the powers herein granted, and upon
their own premises to build and operate all necessary
trams and railroads; and otherwise to do any and all
things that an individual may do which may be incidental
to the rights and privileges herein granted.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.