626 



GENERAL INDEX. 



MOUNTAINS. PAGE 



Formation of 595 



MX. BERMIUS. 



Gold Mines of 26; 27 



MT. LAURION, MINES OF ... 27 ; 27 29 ; 391 



Crushing and concentration of ores 281 



Cupellation 465 



Mining law 83 



Smelting appliances 355 



Xenophon on 6 



MT. SINAI. 



Ancient copper smelting 355; 402 



MUFFLE FURNACES 224 228; 239 



MUFFLES 227; 239; 222 



Refining silver 489490 



MUHLBERG, BATTLE OF X. 



Murrhina (see Chalcedony). 



MUSKETS 11 



MYCENAE. 



Copper 402 



Silver-lead smelting 391 



NAMES OF MINES 42 



NAPHTHA 581 



NATIVE COPPER 109 



NATIVE IRON Ill 



NATIVE MINERALS 107 



NATIVE SILVER 269; 109 



NATRON (see Nitrum). 



NEOLITHIC FURNACES 355 



NEUSOHL, METHOD OF SCREENING ORE 290 



NEWBOTTLE ABBEY 35 



NITOCRIS, BRIDGE OF 391 



NITRIC ACID (see also Aqua valens) ... 



439443; 460; 439; 354 



Assay parting gold and silver 248 



Testing silver regulus with 449 



Use in cleaning gold dust 396 



Nitrum (see also Soda) 558; 110 



NOMENCLATURE I; 267 



Mining law 77; 78 



Mining officials 77; 78 



Norici 388 



Conveyance of ore 169 



NORMANS. 



Mining Law in England 85 



NOTARY 94; 78 



NUBIA. 



Early gold-mining 399 



NUREMBERG, SCALE OF WEIGHTS .... 264 



Obolus 25 



Ochra nativa Ill 



OCHRE YELLOW Ill 



Offenbriiche (see Furnace Accretions). 

 OLYNTHUS. 



Betrayal to Philip of Macedon 9 



Operculum 441; 222 



Orbis 141; 137 



ORE (see various metals, Assaying, 



Mining, etc.). 



ORE CHANNELS (see Canutes), 

 ORE DEPOSITS, THEORY OF ... XIII ; 43 53 



ORE DRESSING 267 361 



Burning 273 



Hand spalling 271272 



Sorting 268271 



Orguia 78; 78; 617 



Orichalcum (see Aurichalcum) 



ORPIMENT Ill; 1; 222 



Colour of fumes 235 



Harmful to metals 273 



Indication of gold, etc 116 



Roasted from ore 273 



Use in assaying 237 



OUTCROPS 68; 43 



OX-BLOOD IN SALT MAKING 552 



PACTOLUS, GOLD SANDS OF 27 



PARK'S PROCESS 465 



PARTING GOLD FROM COPPER 462 464 



PARTING GOLD FROM SILVER 



443460; 458463 



Antimony sulphide 



451452; 451452; 461 



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PARTING GOLD FROM SILVER. 

 Cementation... 453457; 453454; 458 



Chlorine gas 458; 462 



Electrolysis 458; 462 



Nitric acid 443447; 443; 447; 460 



Nitric acid (in assaying) 247-- 249 



Sulphur and copper ... 448 451; 448; 461 



Sulphuric acid 458; 462 



PARTITIONS 493 



PASSAU, PEACE OF IX. 



Passus 616; 78 



PATIO PROCESS 297 298 



PATTINSON'S PROCESS 465 



PEAK, THE (see High Peak). 



Pentremites 115 



PERGAMUM. 



Brazen ox of 11 



Mines near 26; 27 



PERIPATETICS XII. 



Theory of ore deposits 47; 44 



View of wealth 18 



PERSIANS. 



Ancient mining law 83 



Pes 616; 78 



PESTLES 231 ; 483 



PETROLEUM 581682 



PHALARIS. BRAZEN BULL or 11 



PHILOSOPHY. 



Knowledge necessary for miners... 3 

 PHOENICIANS. 



Copper and bronze 402 



In Thasos 24 



Tin 411412 



PICKS 152153 



Pickscheifer (see Ash-coloured Copper). 



PLACER MINING 321 348 



Pleigeel (see Lead Ochre). 

 Pleiweis (see White-lead). 



PLEYGANG VEIN 42 



Plumbago 110 



Plumbum candidum 110; 3; 473 



Plumbum cinereum HI; 3 



Plumbum nigrum lutei coloris 110; 3 



PLUMMET LEVEL. 



Standing 143; 137 



Suspended 145; 146; 137 



POCKETS IN ALLUVIAL STUICES 322 330 



POISONOUS FUMES (see Fumes). 

 POLAND. 



Cupellation 483 



Lead ore washing 347 



Lead smelting 392 



Poletae, TABLETS OF THE 83 



POLING COPPER 531538; 535536 



POMPEIOPOLIS. 



Arsenic mine at Ill 



Pompholyx 394; 113 114; 403 



From copper refinings 538 



From cupellation 476 



From dust-chambers 394 



From roasting ore 278 



Poisonous 214; 215 



Used for brass making 410 



PORCELAIN CLAY 115 



POTASH 558559; 558; 233; 220 



In Sal artificiosus 463 



POTTERY, EGYPTIAN 391 



POTOSI 298 



Pozos DE ANIBAL, Los 42 



Pous 617; 78 



Praefectus cuniculi 78 



Praefectus fodinae (see Mine Manager) . 

 Praefectus metallorum (see Mining 

 Prefect). 



Praeses cuniculi 78 



Praeses fodinae (see Mining Foreman) . 



PRECIOUS AND BASE METALS 439 



PRIMGAP 



Procurator metallorum 



PROSPECTING 



PROUSTITE 109 



PUMPS 171200; 149 



Chain 171175 



Rag and chain 188 200 



