Literature on the mining history of Thuringia

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The Oertelsbruch. Jubilee publication on the occasion of Karl Oertel's 100th birthday July 19, 1925, printed by Fischer & Wittig Leipzig, gold-embossed cardboard cover, signs of age and wear (including spine damaged), early 19th century. Beginning of slate mining in the region around Lehesten and Schmiedebach , use of slate as roofing, wall and paneling material, the entrepreneur Oertel takes over quarries that are later named after him.