Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950

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              instance, the prosperous silver mines in Spain which belonged to Carthage
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              sometimes they were the property of great and illustrious families, as were
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              the Athenian mines in Mount Laurion
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              <s>When a man owns mines but is ignorant of the art of mining, then
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              it is advisable that he should share in common with others the expenses,
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              not of one only, but of several mines. </s>
              <s>When one man alone meets the
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              expense for a long time of a whole mine, if good fortune bestows on him a
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              vein abundant in metals, or in other products, he becomes very wealthy; if,
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              on the contrary, the mine is poor and barren, in time he will lose everything
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              which he has expended on it. </s>
              <s>But the man who, in common with others,
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              has laid out his money on several mines in a region renowned for its wealth
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              of metals, rarely spends it in vain, for fortune usually responds to his
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              hopes in part. </s>
              <s>For when out of twelve veins in which he has a joint interest
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