De Re Metallica-Index Page 656



	GENERAL INDEX. 621

	PAGE Chalcedony .............................. 114 Chalcitis .................................... 673; 109 Indication of copper.................. 116 Chalcocite ................................ 109; 402 Chalcopyrite ............................ 109 Chaldean Antimony .................. 429 Chemistry. Origin ........................... XXVII; 220 Chemnitz. Agricola appointed city physician VII. Agricola elected burgomaster... VIII ; IX. Quarrel over Agricola's burial...... XI. China, Grand Canal of .............. 129 Chinese. Early copper smelting ............... 402 Early iron .............................. 421 Early silver metallurgy............... 391 Early zinc smelting .................. 409 Chrysocolla (see also Borax) 110 ; 221 ; 584 ; 1 Collection in vats...................... 584 Colour of fumes........................ 235 Indication of copper.................. 116 Indication of gold..................... 117 Mineral.................................... 109 Smelting of.............................. 401 Church, Share in Mines ............ 91 Cimolite.................................... 31 Cinnabar (see Quicksilver and Minium). Claim, in American Title ........... 77 Cloth. Lining sluices........................... 322 Ventilation by shaking .............. 210 Coal .»....................................... 34 Cobalt..................... 354; 542; 112—113 Cobalt-blue.............................. 112; 433 From lead smelting ................... 408 King Hiram's experience with..... 214 Poisonous to miners .................. 214 Relation to cadmia.................... 112 Relation to bismuth.................. 435 Smelting ores of ...................... 401 Cobalt-Arsenic Minerals (see Arsenic). Cobaltite ................................. 113 Cobaltum cineraceum (see Smallite). Cobaltum ferri colore (see Cobaltite). Cobaltum nigrum (see Abolite). Coiners .................................... 95; 78 Coins .............................. 251—253; 457 Colchis. Alluvial gold washing ............... 330 Cologne. Scale of weights ....................... 263 Companies, Mining.................. 89—93; 90 Fraudulent dealing.................... 22 Investment in.......................... 29 Compass..................... 141—142; 56; 129 Divisions of the........................ 56; 57 Swiss...................................... 145; 137 Concentrates. From washing liquation products... 542 Sintering of ............................. 401 Smelting of ............ 394; 396—399; 401 Concentration ......... 267—348; 279; 354 Congius.............................. 153; 172; 617 Constantinople, Alum Trade...... 569 Consumption. Miners liable to ........................ 214 Conterfei (see Zinc). Contracts, Method of Setting ... 96 Copiapite................................... 111 Copper (see also Liquation)__ 109 ; 402; 511 Assay of ................................. 244; 249 Granulation of.......................... 250 Indications of .......................... 116 Parting from gold ..................... 462—464 Parting gold from silver .... 448—451 ; 448 Ratio in liquation cakes ............ 505 ; 506 Residues from liquation ............ 521 Rosette .\................................. 538 Copper-filtngs.................. 233; 233; 221 Copper Flowers......... 538; 110; 233; 638 Pliny's description .................... 404 Copper Glances.......................... 401; 109 42	page Copper Matte. Roasting ................................. 350 Smelting ................................. 404—407 Copper Ore (see also Copper Smelting, etc.) ................................. 109 Assaying................................. 244~~—24~~5 Copper Pyrites.......................... 117; 109 Copper Refining........................ ......530—538; 354; 492; 535—636 Breaking cakes ........................ 501—503 Enrichment of silver by settling 510 Roman method ........................ 404 Rosette copper ........................ 635 Copper Scales............ 110; 221; 233; 539 Use in assaying ........................ 245 Copper Schists (see also Mannsfeld Copper Slates)..................... 127 Method of smelting .................. 408 Copper Smelting 388—390 ; 401 ; 404 ; 402 Invention of appliances.............. 353—354 Cornwall. Ancient tin mining.................... 413 Early German miners ............... 282 Early mining law...................... 85 Early ore dressing..................... 282 Influence on German mining ...... 283 "Knockers" ........................... 217 Mining terms............ 77; 101; 267; 282 Royal Geol. Soc. Transactions..... 84 Coticula (see Touchstone). Counter fehl (see Zinc). Crane. For cupellation furnaces ............ 476—477 For lead cakes.......................... 500 For liquation cakes .................. 514 Cremnitz. Age of mines ........................... 5 Width of veins ........................ 52 Crinoid Stems ........................... 115 Croppings ................................. 37; 37 Crosscuts ................................. 106 Crowbars ................................. 152 Cruciβle Assay............ 228; 230; 241; 245; 221 Of blast furnaces ..................... 376; 377 Crudaria .................................... 65 Crushing Mills (see Stamp-mill and Mills). Crushing Ore............ 231; 279—287; 279 Crystal (Crystallum).................... 114 Cumberland. Early report on ores of............... 267 Roman lead furnaces................. 392 Cup-Bearer. Right to a meer ....................... 81 Cupellation............... 464—483; 465—466 Buildings and furnaces...... 464—472; 492 Brightening of the silver ............ 241, 475 In assaying.............................. 240 In "tests".............................. 483 Latin and German terms............ 221; 492 Litharge................................. 475 Cupels..................... 228—230; 221; 466 Drying of................................. 240 Moulds ................................... 231 Cupric Oxide............................. 221 Cuprite .................................... 109; 402 Cyanus (see also Azurite) ............... 110 Cyprus. Ancient copper smelting ............ 402 Dach ......................................... 127 Dactylos .................................... 617; 78 Dangers το Miners .................... 214—218 Darrlinge.................................... 492 Darrofen .................................... 492 Darrsöhle.................................... 492 Dawling, of a Vein .................. 101 Dead Sea. Bitumen in.............................. 33 Decemviral College .................. 96 Decumanus (see Tithe Gatherer). Demensum (see Measure). Demons (see also Gnomes) ............ 217; 217