Shinzan Mitate Hidensho (The secret of finding new mines)

For a mining speculator or engineer, the most important responsibility is the exploration and discovery of mines. Mining engineers were allowed to freely travel throughout the country in and out of checkpoints. In the Edo period, many mining engineer groups were ordered by the goveenment and feudal domains to search for and excavate mines throughout Japan. This bool summarizes the know how and technology of mining ecploration during this period and explains the difference in surface mountain color among gold, silver and coppoer mines as well as the different types and distinctions between mountain conditions (geography, wether, landscape), minerals and ores.