Mining Lore: An Illustrated Composition and Documentary Compilation with Emphasis on the Spirit and History of MiningMorris Print. Company, 1970 - 940 pages An encyclopedic work of 940 pages, including 459 illustrations, among them rare and precious pictures, plus 1043 footnotes. A spiritual mine of breadth and depth with valuable information and knowledge - a document of toiling and moiling, going back to the very beginning of the mining profession, "a calling of peculiar dignity", as the "Father of Mineralogy", Georgius Agricola, expressed it. Besides great scholars and famous men, the "unknown miner," the unsung hero of mining, and simple mining workmen are remembered in the same degree of respect and appreciation. Many of the poets, laborers, musicians, pastors, engineers, painters, physicians, entrepreneurs, and "torch-bearers of mankind" were inspired by mining. As the Journal of the United Mine Workers of America, Washington, D.C., December 15, 1971, states in its review about MINING LORE...: "...The author, Wolfgang Paul... a mining engineer... takes the reader from prehistoric times to the present. ..." To this day the "spirit of mining", its rich traditions and cultural elements are generally unknown. Hence, this book has been published as a testimonial - an indispensable resource not only with respect to mining, but also to the humanities, religion, ethnography, anthropology and the arts in the broadest sense. The American mining engineer and jurist, Professor Koehler S. Stout, Chairman, Engineering Division, Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology, Butte, Mt., sums it up this way, "MINING LORE..., a monumental document on miners' contribution to mankind, and, at the same time, 'a monument of personal achievement.'" |
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... known . F71 But I believe , to most people living abroad , the artistic inclination of a good number of miners dwelling in these Ore Mountains is unknown . Actually , the role of mining in art is very strong and becomes evident ...
... known . F71 But I believe , to most people living abroad , the artistic inclination of a good number of miners dwelling in these Ore Mountains is unknown . Actually , the role of mining in art is very strong and becomes evident ...
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... known as " Old Virginny " ( so called according to his native state ) , who played a great role in the discovery of the " Ophir " F19 early miners acknowledged their indebtedness by naming the town after him : Virginia City ; then Peter ...
... known as " Old Virginny " ( so called according to his native state ) , who played a great role in the discovery of the " Ophir " F19 early miners acknowledged their indebtedness by naming the town after him : Virginia City ; then Peter ...
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... known to the ancients as long ago as 4,000 B.C. ( Cf. the inscriptions unearthed in Mesopotamia . ) ... Moses speaks of oil out of the flinty rock , ( cf. Deuteronomy 32:13 ) , and of pitch ( cf. Genesis 6:14 , Exodus 2 : 3 ) , and of ...
... known to the ancients as long ago as 4,000 B.C. ( Cf. the inscriptions unearthed in Mesopotamia . ) ... Moses speaks of oil out of the flinty rock , ( cf. Deuteronomy 32:13 ) , and of pitch ( cf. Genesis 6:14 , Exodus 2 : 3 ) , and of ...
Contents
GEORGIUS AGRICOLA Physician Man of Science Father | 33 |
Agricolas De Re Metallica | 50 |
The Mining Town of St JoachimsthalThe Erzgebirge | 57 |
Copyright | |
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