<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-1802, ngemva kokuphumelela ezivivinyweni zikahulumeni ezidingekayo eFreiberg, uvon Herder waqala umsebenzi wakhe wobuchwepheshe, ethatha isikhundla sokuba uMhloli Wezinsizakalo Zezimayini Bergamtsassessor enemithwalo yemfanelo ehlanganisa izimayini eMarienberg, Geyer, Ehrenfriedersdorf naseSchneeberg. Ukuthuthukiswa phakathi neminyaka engamashumi amabili yokuqinisekisa kwakushesha ngokungavamile. Ngo-1804 wabuyela eFreiberg njengoMhloli Omkhulu Wezinsizakalo Zezimayini Oberhüttenamtsassessor, okubonakala sengathi kubandakanye imisebenzi kaKhomishani Wezinsizakalo Zezimayini kanye namandla okubhekwa okubanzi kunangaphambili. Ukunqotshwa kwePrussia ne-Austria ngo-1806  <response>: kwakusho ukususwa kwamandla asePrussian kusuka enkabeni yeJalimane nokuphela kombuso weRoma Elingcwele, ngakho-ke kwakungeke kusaba khona i-Electorate yaseSaxony: iSaxony esikhundleni salokho yaba umbuso, onokusekelwa kombuso okusho isiFulentshi. Impi nokushintshashintsha kwamandla okwenziwa emazweni ahlukahlukene kwaletha ukugcizelelwa okwengeziwe emithethweni nasekulandeleni. Ngo-1810 u-von Herder waqokwa ukuba abe yilungu leKhansela Lezimayini. Ngo-1817 wanikezwa isihlalo kanye nokuvota eMkhandlwini Wezezimali WaseSaxon Geheim Finanzkollegium futhi ngo-1821 eMkhandlwini Wezimayini WaseSaxon Geheim Bergkollegium. Ngo-1819 waqokwa ukuba abe yiSekela likaMqondisi Wezimayini kahulumeni Vizeberghauptmann kwathi ngo-1826 waba nguMqondisi Wezimayini Oberberghauptmann, okwakuyisikhundla esiphakeme kakhulu eMnyangweni Wezimayini waseSaxon. 