GENERAL INDEX,
627
Pumps. page
Suction. 175—188
Pur gator argenti (see Silver Refiner).
Purser . 77
Puteoli . 501
Pyrargyrite. 109
Pyriten argentum . 408
Pyrites (see also Cakes of Melted
As a flux. 284
Assay for gold. 243
In tin concentrates. 348
Latin and German terms. 222
Roasting . 273—274
Roasting cakes of . 349—351
Smelting for gold and silver. 399 ; 401
Used in making vitriol. 678
Pyrites aerosus (see Copper Pyrites).Pyrites aurei coloris (see CopperPyrites).
Quartz (see also Stones which easily
melt). 114
As a flux. 380
An indication of ore . 116
Material of glass. 380
Silver ore . 113
Smelting of. 401
Quarzum (see Quartz).
Quertze . 380
Quicksilver. 432; 2; 354; 111
Amalgamation of gilt objects . 461
Amalgamation of gold dust. 396
Amalgamation of gold ores . 297 ; 297
Assaying methods. 247
Ore .. 426—432
Use in assaying gold ore . 243
Rag and Chain Pumps. 188—200
Rake Veins . 101
Rammelsberg.
Collapse of mines . 216
Discovery. 37
Early vitriol making. 572
Rauchstein . 127
Realgar . 1; 111; 222
Colour of fumes. 235
Harmful to metals . 273
Indication of ore. 116
Roasted from ore. 273
Rederstein (see Trochitis).
Use in parting gold from copper ... 463
Use in parting gold from silver. 459
Refined Salt. 454 ; 463 ; 233
Refinery for Silver and Copper 491—498
Refining Gold from Copper . 462—464
Refining Gold from Silver . 443—458
Refining-hearth. 492
Refining Silver. 483—490 ; 465 ; 484
Refining Silver from Lead . 464
Reformation, The . V I VIII.
Re-opening of Old Mines . 217
Revival of Learning.
Agricola’s position in . XIII.
Reward Lease, in Australian Law 77
Rhaetia . 388
Rhaetian Alps.
Stamp milling in. 319
Ring-fire . 44®
Rio Tinto Mines.
Roman methods of smelting. 405
Roman water-wheels . 149
Risks of Mining . 28—29
Rither (a horse) . 101
Roasted Copper . 233 ; 233 ; 222
Roasting. 273—279 ; 267
Heap roasting . 274—275
In furnaces. 276
Mattes. 349—351
Prior to assaying . 231
Rocks . 119 ; 2
Rock-salt . 548; 222
Use in cementation . 454
Roman Alum. 665
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Romans.
Amalgamation. 297
Antimony. 428
Brass making. 410
Companies . 90
Copper smelting. 404—405
Mining law . 83
Minium Company . 232
Quicksilver . 433
Roasting . 267
Silver-lead smelting . 392
Washing of ore . 281
Rosette Copper. 538 ; 535
Rosgeel (see Realgar).
Ruby Copper . 109 ; 402
Ruby Silver. 51; 109
Assaying of. 244
Cupellation . 473
Rudis Ores . 108
Rust (see Iron-rust).
Sabines .
Saigerdorner (see Liquation Thorns).Saigerwerk (see Stannum).
Salamander har (see Asbestos).
Salamis, Battle of .
Sal-ammoniac. 560 ;
In cements for parting gold and
silver.
In making aqua valens .
Uses in cupellation.
Uses in making aqua regia .
Uses in parting gold from copper...
Sal artificiosus . 236 ;
In assaying.
As a flux.
Salt . 545 ; 556 ; 546 ;
As a flux.
Pans.
Solidified juice.
Use in cementation .
Use in parting gold from copper ..
Use in smelting ores.
Wells.
Salt made from Ashes of Musk Ivy
Sal torrefoetus . 242 ;
Sal tostus . 233;
Saltpetre . 561—564; 561 ;
As a flux. 233 ; 236—238 ;
In smelting gold concentrates .
Uses in cementation .
Uses in making nitric acid .
. . 439; 440;
Uses in melting silver nitrate .
Sampling Copper Bullion .
Sand.
Sandaraca (set Realgar).
Sandiver (see Glass-galls).
Sarda (see Carnelian).
Saxony.
High Peak customs from.
Political state in Agricola’s time.
Reformation .
Saxum calcis (see Limestone).
Scales of Fineness .
Scapte-Hyle, Mines of .
ScHEMNITZ.
Age of mines .
Gunpowder for blasting.
Pumps.
Schist.
9
27
560 ; 222
454—457441474460463463; 236242234233 ; 222234—238545; 5461
454; 454463; 464396; 400546—547560 ; 233222 ; 233233 ; 222562 ; 222245; 247398454; 454
447; 454447249117
77 ; 85VIII; IX.IX.
253; 61723
5
119
194
222
Schistos (see Ironstone).
SCHLACKENWALD.
Ore washing.
Schmalkalden League .
SCHMALKALDEN WAR . IX ;
SCHNEEBERG . XXXI ;
Cobalt .
Depth of shafts .
Ore stamping .
Shares .
St. George mine. 92 ; 74 ;
Schwariz-atrament (see Melanteria and
304
IX.
X.
VI.
435
102
281
91
75
Sory).