620 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Athens. 

 Silver mines {see Mt. Laurion, 

 Mines of). 



Atramenium Sutorium {see alsoVitTiol) 572; 110 



Atramentum Sutorium candidum 113 



Airamentum Sutorium rubrum 274; 274 



Aurichalcum 409; 404 



Auripigmentum {see Orpiment). 



Azure 1; 109; 220 



An indication of copper 116 



An indication of gold 117 



Colour of flame 235 



AzuRiTE 109; 220: 402 



Babel, Tower of 



Babylonia. 



Bitumen in 



Use of lead 



Babytace. 



Gold buried by inhabitants 



Baebelo 



Balances 224; 



Barite 



Barmaster, of High Peak 



Bars, for Furnace Work 



Baskets, for Hoisting 



Batea 



Beer 



Bell, to call Workmen 



Bellows 362—373; 



Ancient use of 354; 355; 



Assay furnace 226; 



582 



582 

 391 



9; 15 



42; 42 

 264—265 

 115 

 77 

 382 

 153 

 156 

 220 

 100 

 419 

 362 

 245 



230; 



Mine ventilation with 207 — 210 



77; 



586 



Ul 



77; 78 



92—93 



96 



95; 78 



354; 



Beni Hassen, Inscriptions at ... 



Berg-geel 



Bergmeister ... 33; 81; 95; 



Deals with forfeited shares 



Jurors 



Bergmeister's Clerk 



Bergzinober {see Quicksilver). 

 Bermius (Bermium), Mt. {see Mt. 

 • '• Bermius). 

 Bismuth 433; 



Assaying ores of 



Indication of silver 



Minerals 2; 



Smelting of 433—437; 



The " roof of silver " 117 ; 



Zaffre 



Bitumen. 



Ancient knowledge of 220 ; 581—582 ; 



Colour of fumes 



Dead Sea 



Distillation 



From springs 



Harmful to metals 



Roasting from ore 273; 276; 



Solidified juice 



Bituminosa cadmia (see Cadmia ' 

 bituminosa). 



Blast, Regulation of 380; 



Blasting 



Blende 



Bleyberg 



Bloodstone 



Bloom 



niutstein {see Ironstone). 

 Bohemia. 



Antimony sulphide 



Pestilential vapours 



Sifting ore in 



Smelting 



Bone-ash 230; 



Borax 560; 221; 



Method of manufacture 



Use in gold smelting 444; 457; 



Use in assaying 245; 



Bornite 



Boundary Stones 87; 



Boundaries 77; 



Bowls for Alluvial Washing 



322; 324; 334; 336 



Brass 410; 354; 2 



Ancient methods of making 404 — 405 ; 112 



220 

 247 

 116 



111 

 400 

 433 

 112 



354 

 235 

 33 

 681 

 582 

 273 

 351 

 1 



380 



119 

 113 

 239 

 111 ; 2 

 420 



428 

 216 

 293 

 384 

 466 

 110 

 660 

 484 

 246 

 109 

 129 

 147 



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Breaking Ore 117 — 119 



Brick Dust. 



Used in cementation 454; 454 



Used in making nitric acid 440 



Brine {see also Salt). 



Evaporation of 547 — 548 



Britain. 



Lead-silver smelting 392 



Miners mentioned by Pliny 83 



Tin trade 411^-413 



British Museum. 



Egyptian gold-mining 399 



Egyptian lead 390 



Egyptian steel 402 



Bromyrite 109 



Bronze. 



Historical notes 411; 402; 354 



Bronze Age 355; 402; 411 



Bryle (Outcrop) joi 



Buckets, for Hoisting Ore 153 — 154; 157 



Buddle 281; 282; 267 



Divided 302 — 303 



Simple 300—302; 312—315 



Bullion, Pouring into Bars 382 



Burning Ore 231; 273; 267 



Burnt Alum 233; 565; 221 



113 

 410 

 394 

 542 

 349 

 214 

 276 

 410 

 113 



113 



Cadmia {see also Zinc, Pompholyx, 



and Cobalt) 642; 542; 112- 



Ancient ore of brass 



From dust chambers 



From hquation 539; 



From roasting matte 



Poisonous to miners 214; 



Roasting 



Smelting for gold and silver 



Cadmia bituminosa 276; 273; 



Cadmia fornacis (see Furnace Accre- 

 tions) . 

 Cadmia fossilis {see Calamine and 

 Blende). 



Cadmia metallica {see a/so Cobalt) 403 ; 



Caeruleum {see Azure). 



Cakes of Melted Pyrites 379; 222 



A flux 234 



Roasting of 349 — 351 



Use in smelting 379 



Calaem {see also Z\nc) 409 



Calamine 112; 113; 409; 410 



Calcite 114 



Calcspar 116; 114 



Caldarium Corr-R-R 612; 542; 404; 511 



Caldrons, for Evaporating Salts 648 



Calmei {see Calamine). 



Cameros. 



Zinc found at 409 



Camphor 238; 238; 221 



Cam-shaft 282—283; 267 



Cana/«s (Ore Channels) 43; 46; 47 



Ore shoots in 117 



Cannon 11 



Cardinal Points 57; 58 



Carnelian 114 



Carneol {see Carnelian). 



Carni 390 



Cupellation 483 



Smelting of lead ores 390 



Carpathian Mountains. 



Liquation practice in 540; 544 



Sieves 289 



Stamp-milling 319 



Carthage. 



Mines in Spain 27 



Castulo (Cazlona) 42 



Cementation {see also Parting Gold 



from Silver) 453—457; 453; 458 



Centumpondium 616; 242; 509 



Scale of weights 260—261 



Ceragurite 109 



Cerussa {see White-lead). 



Cerussite 110 



Chain Pumps 171 — 17B 



Chalcanthite 110 



Chalcanthum {see also Vitriol) 109; 572 



