Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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mountains which are situated in the west. </
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which flow from the rising sun toward the setting sun, or which flow from
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the northern parts to the southern parts, they favour those which approach
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the nearest to the lauded ones, and say they are more productive of gold,
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and the further they depart from them the less productive they are. </
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generated in the rivers and streams, as we have maintained against
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in the book entitled “
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De Subterraneorum Ortu et Causís,
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V, but is torn away from the veins and stringers and settled in the sands of
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torrents and water-courses, in whatever direction the rivers or streams flow,
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therefore it is reasonable to expect to find gold therein; which is not
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in veins and stringers which lie under the beds of rivers or streams, as in
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other places.
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