Man and Metals: A History of Mining in Relation to the Development of Civilization (Volume 1 of 2)

xiii, 506 pp. Volume 1 of 2. VOLUME 1 CONTENTS: Introduction; The Ages without Metal; The Early Use of the Metals; The Gold and Copper Mines of Ancient Egyptians; The Phoenician Metal-Merchants; The Cassiterides, or Tin Islands; The Athenians and Their Silver Mines; The Mines of the Romans in Spain and Italy; The Lead Mines of the Romans in Britain.