People/magnate

Georg von Giesche

Georg von Giesche (1653–1716), magnate, from Germany. Linked to zinc.

The lucky break

Became independent in 1680 and built a business in Upper Silesian calamine zinc ore.1

Legacy

Regarded as the founder of modern Upper Silesian calamine digging, from which the region's large zinc output grew.1

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Mines

FoundedTarnowskie Gory lead-silver-zinc mineFounder of modern calamine digging in Upper Silesia.1

Sources

  1. Giesche, Georg von Neue Deutsche Biographie / Deutsche Biographie

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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