Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp
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A few words on 'De Re Metalica', it was about normal mining methods, but on the frontier it was a different matter.
Scarcity of mining materiel, tools, hostile native populatioins was the name of the game. so you improvised, and that they did. Safety no longer became an issue.
Surprisingly their method of fire assaying hasn't changed much, nor many of their other methods.
When I was assaying, I became known as the cow catcher, I was always looking for dead cattle for their bones to make cuppels.
Scarcity of mining materiel, tools, hostile native populatioins was the name of the game. so you improvised, and that they did. Safety no longer became an issue.
Surprisingly their method of fire assaying hasn't changed much, nor many of their other methods.
When I was assaying, I became known as the cow catcher, I was always looking for dead cattle for their bones to make cuppels.
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