Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950

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              <s>The veins after they have been discovered, and likewise the shafts and
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              tunnels, have names given them, either from their discoverers, as in the
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              case at Annaberg of the vein called “Kölergang,” because a charcoal
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              burner discovered it; or from their owners, as the Geyer, in Joachimstal,
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              because part of the same belonged to Geyer; or from their products,
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              as the “Pleygang” from lead, or the “Bissmutisch” at Schneeberg from
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              bismuth
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              ; or from some other circumstances, such as the rich alluvials from
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              the torrent by which they were laid bare in the valley of Joachim. </s>
              <s>More
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              often the first discoverers give the names either of persons, as those of
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              German Kaiser, Apollo, Janus; or the name of an animal, as that of lion,
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              bear, ram, or cow; or of things inanimate, as “silver chest” or “ox stalls”;
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              or of something ridiculous, as “glutton's nightshade”; or finally, for the sake
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              of a good omen, they call it after the Deity. </s>
              <s>In ancient times they
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              followed the same custom and gave names to the veins, shafts and tunnels,
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              as we read in Pliny: “It is wonderful that the shafts begun by Hannibal in
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              Spain are still worked, their names being derived from their discoverers.
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              <s>One of these at the present day, called Baebelo, furnished Hannibal with
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              three hundred pounds weight (of silver) per day.”
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              <s>END OF BOOK II.</s>
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