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306:Ore Mountain Mining Region
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228:Apart from
212:Bergeschrey
204:SDAG Wismut
25:silver rush
391:Categories
360:2011-02-12
320:References
314:show mines
294:lime works
178:Marienberg
174:Schneeberg
142:Schneeberg
138:silver ore
114:direct tax
29:silver ore
298:Lengefeld
180:emerged.
118:Bergzehnt
40:gold rush
335:1 c) im
333:Geschrei
274:tungsten
170:Annaberg
166:Jáchymov
86:Freiberg
372:Sources
296:in the
266:bismuth
250:arsenic
234:uranium
198:In the
34:in the
302:Saxony
270:Wismut
262:nickel
258:cobalt
246:copper
230:silver
223:miners
82:silver
75:copper
32:mining
290:Wende
278:zinc
276:and
254:lead
242:iron
232:and
176:and
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238:tin
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