Any person or company of persons engaged in working a mine under a lease shall be held and regarded as the owner or owners and as such shall be entitled to avail himself or themselves of the benefits and privileges of this article.
History. Ga. L. 1868, p. 139, § 6; Code 1873, § 750; Code 1882, § 750; Civil Code 1895, § 657; Ga. L. 1897, p. 21, § 1; Code 1933, § 83-209.