Kongsberg

[Ingvor Sabina Le John]

Jag söker mer om en Hans Hempel som arbetade vid Kongsbergs Sölvbergverk 1630 och framåt. Om han gifte sig där, varifrån i Tyskland han kom osv.Om han kom till Sverige och Åkers bruk, där det finns en Hans Hempel på 1640-talet.
 
It is not surprising to find top officials among the buyers. More surprising is per-
haps that some of the subordinate mining officers, who had low salaries, also bought
a number of specimens. A couple of them may be regarded as collectors of profession-
al or scientific interest. Among the most eager collectors are two assayers, who
analysed silver ore, smelting products and coins. The assayer Hans Hempel was the
responsible for the appraisal and sales administration of the silver specimens. He and
the smelting director also had educational tasks and they may be viewed as predeces-
sors of the later professors at the mining academies.
Mining professionals:
Hans Hempel
assayer (Probierer) 1630- (and teacher 1633-)
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As there was little expertise in mining
in Norway at the time, miners and
mining officers were summoned from
Germany.(Annan källa)