Opencast mining (unit)

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Opencast mining was an Austrian area and field measure in Lavanttal ( Carinthia ).

1 opencast mine = 1200 square fathoms (Viennese = 3.597 square meters) = around 4316 square meters

literature

Joseph Jäckel: cementation lexicon for all traders and tradespeople based on the Austrian cementation documents. Anton Strauss, Vienna 1824, p. 201.