GENERAL INDEX. 



627 



354; 



Pumps. page 



Suction 175 — 188 



Purgator argenti {see Silver Refiner). 



Purser 77 



PUTEOU 501 



Pyrargyrite 109 



Pyriten argentum 408 



Pyrites (see also Cakes of Melted 



Pyrites) 51; 111; 112; 1 



As a flux 234 



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 578 



Pyrites aerosus (see Copper Pyrites). 

 Pyrites aurei coioris (see Copper 

 Pyrites) . 



QtJARTZ (see also Stones which easily 



melt) 114 



.\s a flux 380 



An indication of ore 116 



Material of glass 380 



Silver ore 113 



Smelting of 401 



Qi4arzum (see Quartz). 



QUERTZE 



Quicksilver 432; 2; 



Amalgamation of gilt objects 



Amalgamation of gold dust 



Amalgamation of gold ores 



Assaying methods 



Ore 



Use in assaying gold ore 



Rag and Chain Pumps 



Rake Veins 



Rammelsberg. 



Collapse of mines 



Discovery 



Early vitriol making 



Rauchstein 



Realgar 



Colour of fumes 



Harmful to metals 



Indication of ore 



Roasted from ore 



Reder stein (see Trochitis). 



Red-lead 232; 



Use in parting gold from copper . . . 



Use in parting gold from silver 



Refined Salt 454 ; 



Refinery for Silver and Copper 



Refining Gold from Copper 



Refining Gold from Silver 



Refining-hearth 



Refining Silver 483 — 490; 



Refining Silver from Lead 



Reformation, The 



Re-opening of Old Mines 



Revival of Learning. 



Agricola's position in 



Reward Lease, in Australian Law 



Rhaetia 



Rhaetian Alps. 



Stamp milling in 319 



Ring-fire 448 



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 565 



380 

 111 

 461 

 396 



297; 297 

 247 



426—432 

 243 



188—200 



101 



216 

 37 

 572 

 127 

 222 

 235 

 273 

 116 

 273 



1; HI 



110; 222 



463 



459 



463; 233 



491—498 



462—464 



443—458 



492 



465 ; 484 



464 



V; VIII. 



217 



XIII. 



77 



388 



Romans. 



Amalgamation . 

 Antimony 



Brass making .. 

 Companies 



PAGE 



297 



428 



410 



90 



Copper smelting 404 — 405 



- 83 



232 

 433 

 267 

 392 

 281 

 535 



402 

 109 

 244 

 473 



108 



Mining law 



Minium Company 



Quicksilver 



Roasting 



Silver-lead smelting 



Washing of ore 



Rosette Copper 538; 



Rosgeel (see Realgar). 



Ruby Copper 109; 



Ruby Silver 51 ; 



Assaying of 



Cupellation 



Riidis Ores 



Rust (see Iron-rust). 



Sabines 



Saigerdorner (ste 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 laleiis 



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 545; 



Solidified j nice 



Use in cementation 



Use in parting gold from copper 



560; 



27 

 222 



454—457 



441 



474 



460 



463 



236 



242 



234 



233; 222 



234—238 



546 



1 



463; 



454; 454 

 "J^S ; 464 



Use in smelting ores 396; 400 



546—547 



Wells 

 Salt made from Ashes of Musk Ivy 560 ; 



Sal tone f actus 242; 222; 



Sal tostus 233; 233; 



Saltpetre 561—564; 561; 562; 



As a flux 233; 236—238; 245; 



In smelting gold concentrates 



Uses in cementation 454; 



Uses in making nitric acid 



439; 440; 447; 



Uses in melting silver nitrate 



Sampling Copper Bullion 



Sand 



Sandaraca (see Realgar). 

 Sandiver (see Glass-galls). 

 Sarda (see Camehan). 

 Saxony. 



High Peak customs from 77 ; 



Political state in Agricola's time. VIII ; 



Reformation 



Saxum calcis (see Limestone). 



Scales of Fineness 253; 



Scapte-Hvle, Mines op 



Schemnitz. 



Age of mines 



Gunpowder for blasting 



Pumps 



Schist 



Schislos (see Ironstone). 

 Schlackenwald. 



Ore washing 



Schmalkalden League 



Schmalkalden War IX ; 



Schneeberg XXXI; 



Cobalt 



Depth of shafts 



Ore .stamping 



Shares 



St. George mine 92; 74; 



Schwart--atrament (see Milanteria and 

 Sory). 



233 

 233 

 222 

 222 

 247 

 398 

 454 



454 

 447 

 249 

 117 



85 

 IX. 

 IX. 



617 

 23 



5 



119 

 194 



222 



304 



IX. 



X. 



VI. 



435 



102 



281 



91 



75 



