Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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Mining Clerk, and in common they receive the fee rendered by the foremen
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of the separate mines.</
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>I now come to the Jurors, who are men experienced in mining
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matters and of good repute. </
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are few or more mines; thus if there are ten mines there will be five
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pairs of Jurors, like a
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decemviral college
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divisions the total number of mines has been divided, so many divisions
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has the body of Jurors; each pair of Jurors usually visits some of
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the mines whose administration is under their supervision on every
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day that workmen are employed; it is usually so arranged that they
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visit all the mines in the space of fourteen days. </
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sider all details, and deliberate and consult with the mine foreman on
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matters relating to the underground workings, machinery, timbering, and
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everything else. </
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time make the price per fathom to the workmen for mining the ore, fixing
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it at a high or low price, according to whether the rock is hard or soft; if,
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however, the contractors find that an unforeseen and unexpected hardness
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occurs, and for that reason have difficulty and delay in carrying out their
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work, the Jurors allow them something in excess of the price fixed;
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while if there is a softness by reason of water, and the work is done more
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easily and quickly, they deduct something from the price. </
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Jurors discover manifest negligence or fraud on the part of any foreman
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or workman, they first admonish or reprimand him as to his duties and
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obligations, and if he does not become more diligent and improve, the matter
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is reported to the
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Bergmeister,
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who by right of his authority deprives such
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persons of their functions and office, or, if they have committed a crime,
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throws them into prison. </
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to the
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Bergmeister
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as councillors and advisors, in their absence he does not
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confirm the right over any mine, nor measure the mines, nor fix their
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boundaries, nor settle disputes about boundaries, nor pronounce judgment,
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nor, finally, does he without them listen to any account of profits and
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expenditure.</
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in one book, the old mines which have been re-opened in another. </
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is done in the following way: first is written the name of the man who has
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applied for the right over the mine, then the day and hour on which he
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made his application, then the vein and the locality in which it is situated,
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next the conditions on which the right has been given, and lastly, the day on
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which the
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confirmed it. </
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particulars is also given to the person whose right over a mine has been
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confirmed. </
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of the owners of each mine over which the right has been confirmed;
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in another any intermission of work permitted to any person for cerĀ</
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