Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950
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              BOOK IV.
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              <s>The third book has explained the various and
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              manifold varieties of veins and stringers. </s>
              <s>This
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              fourth book will deal with mining areas and the
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              method of delimiting them, and will then pass on to
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              the officials who are connected with mining affairs
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              1
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              <s>Now the miner, if the vein he has uncovered
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              is to his liking, first of all goes to the
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              Bergmeister
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              to request to be granted a right to mine, this
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              official's special function and office being to adjudi­
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              cate in respect of the mines. </s>
              <s>And so to the first man who has discovered
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              the vein the
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              Bergmeister
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              awards the head meer, and to others the remaining
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              meers, in the order in which each makes his application. </s>
              <s>The size of
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              a meer is measured by fathoms, which for miners are reckoned at six feet
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              each. </s>
              <s>The length, in fact, is that of a man's extended arms and hands
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              measured across his chest; but different peoples assign to it different lengths, </s>
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