Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950

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              mountains which are situated in the west. </s>
              <s>Lastly, of the streams or rivers
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              which flow from the rising sun toward the setting sun, or which flow from
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              the northern parts to the southern parts, they favour those which approach
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              the nearest to the lauded ones, and say they are more productive of gold,
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              and the further they depart from them the less productive they are. </s>
              <s>Such
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              are the opinions held about rivers and streams. </s>
              <s>Now, since gold is not
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              generated in the rivers and streams, as we have maintained against
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              Albertus
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              in the book entitled “
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              De Subterraneorum Ortu et Causís,
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              ” Book
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              V, but is torn away from the veins and stringers and settled in the sands of
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              torrents and water-courses, in whatever direction the rivers or streams flow,
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              therefore it is reasonable to expect to find gold therein; which is not
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              opposed by experience. </s>
              <s>Nevertheless, we do not deny that gold is generated
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              in veins and stringers which lie under the beds of rivers or streams, as in
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              other places.
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              <s>END OF BOOK III.</s>
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