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620	GENERAL INDEX.

PAGE Athens. Silver mines (see Mt. Laurion, Mines of). Atramentum Sutorium (see also Vitriol) 572; 110 A tramenium Sutorium candidum ...... 113 A tramentum Sutorium rubrum......... 274 ; 274 Aurichalcum............................... 409; 404 Auripigmentum (see Orpiment). Azure ................................. 1; 109; 220 An indication of copper............. 116 An indication of gold ................ 117 Colour of flame ........................ 235 Azurite ........................... 109; 220; 402 Babel, Tower of ...................... 582 Babylonia. Bitumen in.............................. 682 Use of lead.............................. 391 Babytace. Gold buried by inhabitants......... 9; 15 Baebelo.................................... 42; 42 Balances......................... 224; 264—265 Barite ..................................... 115 Barmaster, of High Peak.......... 77 Bars, for Furnace Work .......... 382 Baskets, for Hoisting ............... 153 Batea ....................................... 156 Beer ....................................... 230; 220 Bell, to call Workmen ............ 100 Bellows........................... 362—373; 419 Ancient use of.................. 354; 355; 362 Assay furnace ......................... 226; 245 Mine ventilation with ............... 207—210 Beni Hassen, Inscriptions at...... 586 Berg-geel .................................... 111 Bergmeister... 33; 81; 95; 77; 77; 78 Deals with forfeited shares ......... 92—93 Jurors .................................... 96 Bergmeister's Clerk.................. 95; 78 Bergzinober (see Quicksilver). Bermius (Bermium), Mt. (see Mt. Bermius). Bismuth ........................... 433; 354; 220 Assaying ores of ...................... 247 Indication of silver................... 116 Minerals ................................. 2; 111 Smelting of..................... 433—437; 400 The "roof of silver " ................ 117; 433 Zaffre..................................... 112 Bitumen. Ancient knowledge of 220 ; 581—582 ; 354 Colour of fumes........................ 235 Dead Sea ............................... 33 Distillation .............................. 581 From springs ........................... 582 Harmful to metàls ................... 273 Roasting from ore............ 273; 276; 351 Solidified juice........................... 1 Bituminosa cadmia (see Cadmia bituminosa). Blast, Regulation of................ 380; 386 Blasting ................................... 119 Blende .................................... 113 Bleyberg ................................. 239 Bloodstone .............................. 111; 2 Bloom....................................... 420 Blutstein (see Ironstone). Bohemia. Antimony sulphide .................. 428 Pestilential vapours .................. 216 Sifting ore in ........................... 293 Smelting ................................. 384 Bone-ash .................................. 230; 466 Borax.............................. 560; 221; 110 Method of manufacture ............. 560 Use in gold smelting......... 444; 457; 464 Use in assaying ........................ 245; 246 Bornite .................................... 109 Boundary Stones...................... 87; 129 Boundaries............................... 77; 147 Bowls for Alluvial Washing...... ..................... 322; 324; 334; 336 Brass.................................... 410; 354; 2 Ancient methods of making 404—405; 112		PAGE Breaking Orb ............. 117—119 Brick Dust. Used in cementation .............. 454; 464 Used in making nitric acid......... 440 Brine (see also Salt). Evaporation of........................ 547—548 Britain. Lead-silver smelting .................. 392 Miners mentioned by Pliny......... 83 Tin trade ............................... 411—113 British Museum. Egyptian gold-mining ............... 399 Egyptian lead .......................... 390 Egyptian steel ......................... 402 Bromyrite................................. 109 Bronze. Historical notes............... 411; 402; 354 Bronze Age...................... 355; 402; 411 Bryle (Outcrop)......................... 101 Buckets, for Hoisting Ore 153—154 ; 157 Buddle ........................... 281; 282; 267 Divided................................... 302—303 Simple ..................... 300—302; 312—315 Bullion, Pouring into Bars........ 382 Burning Ore .................... 231; 273; 267 Burnt Alum ..................... 233; 565; 221 Cadmia (see also Zinc, Pompholyr, and Cobalt)...... 542; 542; 112—113 Ancient ore of brass.................. 410 From dust chambers ................. 394 From liquation ........................ 539; 642 From roasting matte ................. 349 Poisonous to miners .................. 214; 214 Roasting ................................. 276 Smelting for gold and silver......... 410 Cadmia bituminosa............... 276; 273; 113 Cadmia fornacis (see Furnace Accretions). Cadmia fossilis (see Calamine and Blende). Cadmia metallica (see also Cobalt)...... 403 ; 113 Caeruleum (see Azure). Cakes of Melted Pyrites ........... 379; 222 A flux .................................... 234 Roasting of ............................ 349—351 Use in smelting ........................ 379 Calaëm (see also Zinc).................... 409 Calamine................. 112; 113; 409; 410 Calcite .................................... 114 Calcspar.................................... 116; 114 Caldarium Copper........ 512 ; 542 ; 404 ; 511 Caldrons, for Evaporating Salts 548 Caltnei (see Calamine). Cameros. Zinc found at........................... 409 Camphor........................... 238; 238; 221 Cam-shaft ........................ 282—283; 267 Canales (Ore Channels)............... 43; 46; 47 Ore shoots in ........................... 117 Cannon .................................... 11 Cardinal Points ........................ 57; 58 Carnelian ................................. 114 Carneol (see Carnelian). Carni......................................... 390 Cupellation.............................. 483 Smelting of lead ores................. 390 Carpathian Mountains. Liquation practice in................. 540; 544 Sieves .................................... 289 Stamp-milling .......................... 319 Carthage. Mines in Spain ........................ 27 Castulo (Cazlona) ....................... 42 Cementation (see also Parting Gold from Silver) .........453—457; 453; 468 Centumpondium.................. 616; 242; 609 Scale of weights ....................... 260—261 Ceragurite................................ 109 Cerussa (see White-lead). Cerussite ................................. 110 Chain Pumps ............................. 171—175 Chalcanthite............................. 110 Chalcanthum (see also Vitriol) ......... 109; 572