Justus Brandshagen

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Justus Brandshagen

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7564 MINT00788 Report, endorsed by James and Thomas Hamilton, on the investigation of the mine at Alva and the ores identified in it 107 38 2,830 29 April 1717 Followed by a diagrammatic map of the mine (Mint 19/3/223-4), a more technical 'Description of the Mine' (Mint 19/3/225), the tabulated result of six assays and the threesome's expense claims for the investigation (Mint 19/3/226).||The variety of the ores is 'of an Extraordinary Nature, such as to my Knowledge few or none Like have ever been seen in Europe', though from a commercial point of view only the silver is of interest. 7/28/21, 3:51 PM 7/28/21, 3:51 PM View Edit
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7571 MINT00792 Incomplete report on his difficulties and expenses while investigating the mine 107 38 778 Probably after 24 July 1717, certainly after 29 April He was ordered by the Treasury to prepare himself for the journey on 4 August 1716 and accordingly gave up his medical practice, but was not given orders to sail [from Germany] until 5 September. Further delays were occasioned by a storm during the voyage, by lack of funds (despite a letter to London on the subject, which went unanswered) and by the discovery that the mine had been sealed up, meaning that workmen had to be taken on to open it. Details of his various expenses. Brandshagen was forced to borrow 66 to keep the expedition going. Finally he was 'hindered to deliver my businesse [ie. his report on the mine, MINT00788 (Mint 19/3/221-6)] to Your Lordships till the 29th of Aprill' [he does not say by what].||[Probably written in protest at the Treasury's refusal to settle his expense claims in full: see MINT00791(b) (Mint 19/3/264-5) and Craig, NATM, 104.] 7/28/21, 3:51 PM 7/28/21, 3:51 PM View Edit
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