Abstract
IN this book, the author has brought together from numerous and widely scattered sources a large amount of interesting information relating to mining activity in Europe during Roman times. In it he includes observations made during his own extensive travels, carried out for the purpose of making first-hand investigation of the gold, silver, iron, copper, lead, mercury and tin ore deposits in which the Romans were interested and on which they carried out their mining enterprises.
Roman Mines in Europe
By Oliver Davies. Pp. xii + 292 + 12 plates. (Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1935.) 30s. net.
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Roman Mines in Europe. Nature 137, 640–641 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137640a0
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