first piece of horn silver (bitten to test) thing
also known as: the piece of rock, the chunk of horn silver
Summary: The initial piece of pure horn silver that one of the discoverers bit, confirming its malleability.
Completeness: 44/100 Grade D
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discovered
pure horn silver
cited from tiful on the hillside… (1891)tiful on the hillside. Closer examination led
them to think it was a more valuable ore.
Neither of them having a pocket knife and about
to throw the piece of rock away one of them
bethought himself of biting it, when to their
great astonishment…
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tiful on the hillside…
1891 · newspaper · public-domain