On the subject of De re Mettallica I now have copies in stock and can sell
for £19.00 inc UK p&p
Mike
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Subject: Re: Early lead prospecting methods
> Try "De Re Metallica' by Agricola. It was first published in Latin in 1556
but
> was translated into English by amining engineer named Herbert Clark Hoover
who
> went on to other things.
>
> Malcolm Henry
>
> Quoting "Pratt, Daniel R." <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > I am (still) in the process of researching the 1820-1840s
> > Swaledale/Arkengarthdale lead miner emigration to the Dubuque, Iowa
> > area. As part of a broad physical description of properties associated
> > with the Dubuque mines, I am attempting to compare local prospecting
> > and
> > extraction techniques with those of late-18th/early-19th century
> > Europe
> > and Yorkshire. I currently have zero data on European lead prospecting
> > methods.
> >
>
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