sentences:  The village's people earned their livelihood mainly from agriculture, although those who wished could seek work at one of the many coal, quicksilver, baryte and chalk mines both right nearby and a bit farther afield.Right near Aschbach itself were a baryte pit and a chalk quarry.In the 19th and early 20th centuries, some of the village's inhabitants travelled the world as "Wandermusikanten", performing music in many different countries.