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Brusnitsyn, Lev Ivanovich
Born 1786 or 1784; died 1857. Russian miner. Son of a factory worker. In 1795, Brusnitsyn began to work at the Ekaterinburg gold mines as a washer and then as a mining master. In 1814, Brusnitsyn discovered the first stream gold deposits in the Urals where the Berezovka and Pyshma rivers meet. He developed the technology for extracting stream gold. WORKS“Povod k otkrytiiu pervoi zolotopeschanoi rossypi na Urale.” Gornyi zhurnal, 1864, no. 5.REFERENCEKozlov, A. G. Tvortsy tekhniki na Urale. Sverdlovsk, 1954.Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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