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The life of a silver mine in the 16th century, according to Heinrich Groff



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The Coalmen [Print 23]

The coalmen build "meules" (zoom 1), which are piles of wood that will be covered in clay and vented to favour slow combustion and permit the transformation of wood into charcoal (over about 10 days).