
3 1 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 23cm
Description
Engraving by Baltard, showing mining tools, shaft construction, and the use of stopes (steps or notches in vertical beams or in the side of a pit). The silver and lead mines illustrated are in Andreasberg, Germany. Illustration from 'De la richese minerale: Considerations sur les mines, usines et salines des differens etats, presentees comparativement' by Antoine-Marie Heron de Villefose (1774-1852), published in Paris in 1819. In English, the title is 'Of mineral riches: Considerations on the mines, factories and salt-mines of different countries, presented comparatively'.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10425609
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