我国铜矿开采历史十分悠久。在长期的铜业开发过程中。铜矿从业人员分工细密,专业化程度越来越高,因而其称谓也五花八门,且各地又各有不同。为了说明这一点,仅就清代云南铜矿各类人员的称谓,简要予以介绍。 史称,“滇中之利,莫大于铜”(见《穆堂初稿》卷42)。正是采铜炼铜之利,吸引各地“商贾负贩,百工众技,不远数千里蜂屯蚁聚”,“四方之民,入厂谋生”。正是铜业的发展,使铜矿从业人员“各从其类”,“各有称谓”。这些人。 China’s copper mining history has a long history. In the long-term development of copper industry. Copper workers in the division of labor, increasing the degree of specialization, so its title is also varied, and each has its own difference. To illustrate this point, only a brief description of the appellations of Yunnan Copper Mines in the Qing Dynasty is given. According to the history, “the interest in Yunnan is greater than that of copper” (see the first draft of Mu Tong, volume 42). It is copper mining copper profits, to attract around the “business traders, hundreds of public skills, not far from thousands of bees ants gather”, “the Quartet of people, into the factory to make a living.” It is the development of the copper industry, so that employees of copper mine “from their class,” “each have appellation.” these people.