Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950

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              <s>SHAPE OF A MEER.</s>
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              <s>Now we call that part of the vein which is first discovered and mined,
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              the head-meer, because all the other meers run from it, just as the nerves
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              from the head. </s>
              <s>The
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              Bergmeíster
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              begins his measurements from it, and the
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              reason why he apportions a larger area to the head-meer than to the others, is
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              that he may give a suitable reward to the one who first found the vein
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              and may encourage others to search for veins. </s>
              <s>Since meers often reach
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              to a torrent, or river, or stream, if the last meer cannot be completed
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              it is called a fraction
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              3
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              . </s>
              <s>If it is the size of a double measure, the
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              Bergmeister
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              grants the right of mining it to him who makes the first application, but if
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              it is the size of a single measure or a little over, he divides it between the
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              nearest meers on either side of it. </s>
              <s>It is the custom among miners that
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              the first meer beyond a stream on that part of the vein on the opposite
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              side is a new head-meer, and they call it the “opposite,”
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              4
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              while the
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              other meers beyond are only ordinary meers. </s>
              <s>Formerly every head-meer
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              was composed of three double measures and one single one, that is, it was
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              forty-nine fathoms long and seven wide, and so if we multiply these two
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              together we have three hundred and forty-three square fathoms, which
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              total gives us the area of an ancient head-meer.</s>
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              <s>SHAPE OF AN ANCIENT HEAD-MEER.</s>
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              <s>Every ancient meer was formed of a single measure, that is to say, it
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              was seven fathoms in length and width, and was therefore square. </s>
              <s>In
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              memory of which miners even now call the width of every meer which is
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              located on a
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              vena profunda
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              a “square”
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              5
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              . </s>
              <s>The following was formerly the
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