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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Statement &c

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08425 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 1783-1815 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 33.2 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

List of potential costs and profits for a mine. Gives a run down of amounts based on annually mining 100 tons of an unknown material (although it could be copper, see GLC02437.08433). Wants to have £12,000 capital. Part of the capital would go to rent, an engine, and the works to extract the material. Document in Knox's hand.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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