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== Mining == | == Mining == | ||
Mining is the act or process of removing ores, coal, and minerals from the earth. In Norway, in additions to other ores and minerals, | Mining is the act or process of removing ores, coal, and minerals from the earth. In Norway, in additions to other ores and minerals, there has been mining for iron ore, cobalt ore, copper pyrite, sulphur pyrite, zinc, lead, silver and gold. When mining became an important source of revenue for Norway in the 1600’s, capital and skilled workmen were brought in from Germany. Gradually Norwegian competence was accomplished. In 1754 the first school of mining in Europe was started at Kongsberg. Norway had a meaningful mining industry until the 1960’s. Today the only place where traditional mining takes place on Svalvard, but today this most important resources which are mined are stone, gravel, sand, and clay. | ||
=== Middle Ages === | === Middle Ages === | ||
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=== 1800’s === | === 1800’s === | ||
*The Napoleonic Wars made it necessary for the king to mortgage the royal cobalt mine called | *The Napoleonic Wars made it necessary for the king to mortgage the royal cobalt mine called Blaafarveværket to the Swedish merchant Peter Wilhelm Berg. In 1821 the mine was sold to a German-English consortium. The mine became Norway’s largest industry (until 1848) and the world’s largest producer of cobalt blue. | ||
*1842 - After the fire in Hamburg, Germany, stone from Grefsen and Grorud in Oslo were exported for use as bridges, stairs, building blocks, etc. | *1842 - After the fire in Hamburg, Germany, stone from Grefsen and Grorud in Oslo were exported for use as bridges, stairs, building blocks, etc. | ||
*1870’s - Iddefjord granite dominated as a building material especially for bridges and streets. | *1870’s - Iddefjord granite dominated as a building material especially for bridges and streets. | ||
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**Dalen and Bandaksli in Telemark | **Dalen and Bandaksli in Telemark | ||
== | == References == | ||
From the Norwegian Wikipeda at: http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsk_bergindustrihistorie | From the Norwegian Wikipeda at: http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsk_bergindustrihistorie | ||
[[Category:Norway]] | [[Category:Norway]] | ||
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