Open AccessInformation in the document of the 1730s about iron ores that were mined near the city of Tula
Author(s) -
Igor Yurkin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/350/1/012022
Subject(s) - iron ore , norwegian , mining engineering , interpretation (philosophy) , archaeology , geography , geology , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , programming language
The paper presents data on the ore and the location known to the ore-finders working in the vicinity of Tula in the 1 st half of the 18 th century. The archival document of the year 1733 (the list compiled by Demidov), the list of types of iron ores of the area, was found and used as a material for the investigation. We specify that the majority of titles of iron ores were associated with the sites of ore occurrence. The inference can be made that the geological surveying and mining were carried out intensively. The paper presents an investigation of the question whether miners and iron makers had linked together the qualities of the discovered ore and the quality of iron or not. The classification of the list (of types of iron ore of the area) was compared to the classifications of Russian and Norwegian authors of the 18 th century. We cite data from other records. We underline that the work of ore-finders was successful, average lifetime of some mines was about 100 years. The results of the study can be used in interpretation of the results of archeological studies.