Mines

The mine as a spiritual symbol

"Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value..."

(Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 162)

The owners of mines should share a fairly certain percentage of their incomes with their employees

"...the owners of properties, mines and factories should share their incomes with their employees and give a fairly certain percentage of their products to their workingmen in order that the employees may receive, beside their wages, some of the general income of the factory so that the employee may strive with his soul in the work."

('Abdu'l-Bahá, "Foundations of World Unity, p. 43)

See also

• profit-sharing

1/3 of the revenue of all mines are to go to the village storehouse

"The storehouse has seven revenues: Tithes, taxes on animals, property without an heir, all lost objects found whose owners cannot be traced, one third of all treasure-trove, one third of the produce of all mines, and voluntary contributions."

('Abdu'l-Bahá, quoted in Redistribution of Wealth, no. 9)

See also

• treasure trove disposition (for the distribution of discovered (long-lost?) man-made valuables)
• lost property for the procedure for alerting the community about lost property and possibly in time distributing it if there are no claimants