Review writer

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The review writer (also recess writer , receipt writer ) was a mining official who in the Middle Ages and in the early modern period worked as an accountant at the mining office until the management principle was abolished. The job of the reviewer was very extensive and required a sound knowledge of mining and a good knowledge of mathematics. The arithmetic master Adam Ries was employed as a review writer at the Annaberg Mining Office in 1524 and as a review writer at the Marienberg Mining Office from 1529 to 1537.

activity

The review writer prepared a report for the trades on the operational processes every quarter . In particular, these were the number of miners who had retired and the number of shifts. He worked out the recess tables on the economic condition of the respective mine and the results in the recess book . This recorded the amount of ore extracted and the price achieved for it, as well as the weekly wages paid by the shift supervisor.

The reviewer was commissioned to check the mining invoices drawn up by the mine shift supervisors and to defend them if necessary (objections). On the basis of the mine bills, he had to prepare a quarterly report for the owner of the shelf about the status of the mine ownership and about the outstanding penalties. He also calculated the funding rates and then entered them in the review book. The recorder also checked the steelworks register, in which the ore deliveries from each mine were recorded. He also compared the steelworks register with the ore delivery slips reported in the mine registers. This was necessary so that the ore deliveries from the mines to the smelters would not be embezzled. The mines had to transfer the tithe to the tithe from the profits generated .

literature

  • Mining Science Magazine. First part, Walterische Hofbuchhandlung, Dresden 1785

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carl Friedrich Alexander Hartmann: Concise dictionary of the mountain, hut and Saltwork science of mineralogy and geognosy. Third volume, 2nd edition, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt bookstore, Weimar 1860, p. 100.
  2. ^ Johann Friedrich Lempe: Magazine for mining science, Eleventh part. Waltherische Hofbuchhandlung, Dresden 1795, pp. 85–90.
  3. ↑ Hans Wussing, Menso Folkerts: Adam Ries. 3rd edition, Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-937219-33-2 .
  4. ^ Christian Heinrich Gottlieb Hake: Commentary on mining law. Kommerzienrath JE v. Seidel art and bookstore, Sulzbach 1823.
  5. ^ Hermann Brassert: Mountain orders of the Prussian lands. FC Eisen's Königliche Hof-Buch- und Kunsthandlung, Cologne 1858.
  6. ↑ Hans Krähenbühl: Adam Riese and mining . In: Association of Friends of Mining. (Ed.): Miners. Volume 18, No. 67, Davos February 1994, pp. 35–36 Online ( Memento from February 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.4 MB).
  7. ↑ Swen Rinmann: General mining dictionary . First part, Fr. Chr. W. Vogel, Leipzig 1808.