Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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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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>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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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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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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