Peder Hjort
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Peder Hjort was a Norwegian businessperson.
He was a director of the Copper Works at Røraas
, at that time one of the most valuable mines
in Norway, in modern times designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
He was a director of the Copper Works at Røraas
Røros
is a town and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Røros. Other villages include Brekken, Glåmos, Feragen, Galåa, and Hitterdalen....
, at that time one of the most valuable mines
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
in Norway, in modern times designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.