626 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Mountains. page 



Formation of 595 



Mt. Bermius. 



Gold Mines of 26; 27 



Mt. Laurion-, Mines OF ... 27; 27 — 29 ; 391 



Crushing and concentration ot ores 281 



Cupellation 465 



Mining law 83 



Smelting appliances 365 



Xenophon on 6 



Mi. biNAi. 



Ancient copper smelting 355; 402 



Muffle Furnaces 224 — 228; 239 



Muffles 227; 239; 222 



Refining silver 489—490 



MuHLBERG, Battle of X. 



Murrhiiia {see Chalcedony). 



Muskets 11 



Mycenae. 



Copper 402 



Silver-lead smelting 391 



Names OF Mines 42 



Naphtha 581 



Native Copper 



Native Iron 



Native Minerals 



Native Silver 



Natron {see Nitrum). 



Neolithic Furnaces 



Neusohl, Method of Screening Ore 



Newbottle Abbey 



NiTOCRis, Bridge of 



Nitric Acid {see also Aqua valens) ... 

 439—443; 460; 



Assay parting gold and silver 



Testing silver regulus with 



U.se in cleaning gold dust 



Nitriitn {see also Soda) 



Nomenclature 



Mining law 



Mining officials 



Nortel 



Conveyance of ore 



Normans. 



Mining Law in England 85 



Notary 94; 78 



Nubia. 



Early gold-mining 399 



Nuremberg, Scale of Weights .... 264 



Obolus 25 



Ochra naiiva Ill 



Ochre Yellow Ill 



OfjenbYuche {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 Canales), 

 Ore Deposits, Theory of ... XIII ; 43 — 53 



Ore Dressing 267—351 



Burning 273 



Hand spalling 271—272 



Sorting 268—271 



Omma 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 



rse in assaying 237 



Outcrops «8 ; 43 



Cix-BLOOD IN Salt Making 552 



Pactolus, Gold Sands of 27 



Park's Process ...^ 465 



Parting Gold from Copper 462 — 464 



Parting Gold from Silver 



443—460; 458—463 



Antimony sulphide 



451—452; 451— 4.'-)2 ; 461 



109 



111 



107 



269; 109 



3S5 



439; 354 

 248 

 449 

 396 



558; 110 



I ; 267 



77; 78 



77; 78 



388 



169 



Parting Gold from Silver. 



Cementation... 453 — 457; 453- 



Chlorine gas 



Electrolysis 



Nitric acid 443—447; 443; 



Nitric acid {in assaying) 



Sulphur and copper ... 448 — 451 ; 



Sulphuric acid 



Partitions 



Passau, Peace of 



Passus 



Patio Process 



Pattinson's Process 



Peak, The {see High Peak). 



Pentremites 



Pergamum. 



Brazen ox of 



Mines near 



Peripatetics 



Theory of ore deposits 



View of wealth 



Persians. 



-Ancient mining law 



Pes 



Pestles 



Petroleum 



Phalaris. Brazen Bull of 



Philosophy. 



Knowledge necessary for miners... 

 Phoenicians. 



Copper and bronze 



In Thasos 



Tin 



Picks 



Pickscheifer {see Ash-coloured Copper). 



Placer Mining 



Pleigeel {see Lead Ochre). 

 Pleiweis {see White-lead). 



Pleygang Vein 



Plumbago 



Plumbum candidum 110 



Plumbum cmereum 



Plumb um nigrum lutei coloris 



Plummet Level. 



Standing 



Suspended 145; 



Pockets in Alluvial Stuices 



Poisonous Fumes {see Fumes). 

 Poland. 



Cupellation 



Lead ore washing 



Lead smelting 



Poletae, Tablets of the 



Poling Copper 531 — 538; 



POMPElOPOLIS. 



Arsenic mine at 



Pompholyx 394; 113- 



From copper relinings 



From cupellation 



From dust-chambers 



From roasting ore 



Poisonous 



Used for brass making 



Porcelain Clay 



Potash 558—559; 558; 



In Sal artificiosus 



Pottery, Egyptian 



Potosi 



Pozos de Anibal, Los 



Pous 



Praefectus citniculi 



Praefectus fodinae {see Mine Manager) . 

 Praefectus metallorum {see Mining 

 Prefect). 



Praeses cuniculi 



Praeses fodhiae (see Mining Foreman). 



Precious and Base Metals 



Primgap 



Procurator metallorum 



Prospecting 



Proustite 



Pumps 171- 



Chain 



Rag anil chain 



454; 458 



458 ; 462 



458; 462 



447 ; 460 



247—249 



448; 461 



458; 462 



493 



IX. 



616; 78 



297—298 



465 



11 



26; 27 

 XII. 



83 

 616; 78 

 231 ; 483 

 581—582 



11 



80 



83 



35 



109 



-200; 149 



171—175 



188—200 



