Formation of legal and economic relations in the history of mining (from ancient times to 1917)

The article is devoted to the development of economic and legal relations in the history of the mining industry in Russia. The analysis of the creation of the mineral resource base through the development of mineral deposits at various stages of the existence of the Russian state. Formulated the main economic and legal problems of the Russian mining period before 1917 and the decision of the administrative - organizational methods.