#historical mining

• Argyrite — An archaic or literary mineralogical designation historically used as a synonym for argentite or silver sulfide (Ag2S), or for other silver-rich ores. In a structural and historical sense, the term represents a transitional form borrowed from Western European and Hellenic scientific terminology (based on the root argyros - silver), encountered in old geology treatises and mining catalogs before the standardization of modern international nomenclature.
• Mining trade — A historical and archaic term designating the activity, trade, or status of a 'băeș' (a miner, gold washer, or laborer in the mining exploatations of the Romanian Middle Ages); the tax or fiscal obligation paid by miners to the ruler. In an extended sense, the word referred to the community or guilds of miners organized within Transylvania or the Romanian Principalities.