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Freiberg silver mining district

Freiberg silver mining district, Germany. Heritage site, mining silver, lead, zinc.

Why Freiberg silver mining district is famous

Saxon silver town; Wikidata gives a town inception of 1186. Mining dates and output are not verified from an opened page.1,2

Freiberg silver mining district today

Where silver is mined todayWhere lead is mined todayWhere zinc is mined todayMining in Germany

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People

Worked hereAlexander von HumboldtHe studied mining under Werner at Freiberg in 1791-92.3Worked hereHans Carl von CarlowitzThe chief of Saxon mines who wrote the first forestry textbook.4Worked hereAbraham Gottlob WernerHe taught mineralogy at the Freiberg Mining Academy.5Worked hereWaldemar LindgrenA Freiberg-trained Swede who became the USGS's Chief Geologist.6Worked hereRossiter W. RaymondHe studied at Freiberg and edited the Engineering and Mining Journal.7

Places

Located inFreibergFreiberg silver mining district sits at Freiberg.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q14819 (Freiberg) Wikidata (CC0)
  2. Wikidata item Q1945612 (Ore Mountain Mining Region) Wikidata (CC0)
  3. Humboldt, Alexander von Neue Deutsche Biographie / Deutsche Biographie
  4. Carlowitz, Hans Carl von Neue Deutsche Biographie / Deutsche Biographie
  5. Werner, Abraham Gottlob Neue Deutsche Biographie / Deutsche Biographie
  6. Hall of Fame: Waldemar Lindgren Mining Foundation of the Southwest
  7. Hall of Fame: Rossiter Raymond Mining Foundation of the Southwest

Pictures on this page: Stieler, Joseph Karl - Alexander von Humboldt - 1843.jpg, Joseph Karl Stieler (Public domain); Abraham Gottlob Werner.jpg, Christian Leberecht Vogel (Public domain); Waldemar Lindgren cph.3b21646.jpg, Clinedinst, Washington, DC (Public domain); Rossiter worthington raymond photo.jpg, Not stated (portrait before 1919) (Public domain).

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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