An important distinction here is the 'bonde' of the time (and your citation) was a free man and landowner -- as one of the four Swedish voting classes who could elect representatives to the Riksdag of the day ( https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondeståndet_i_Sverige). So these guys were far from being 'peasants' -- as the word is often translated. Nor were they merely 'miners' since their mining rights were a kind of property right along with their land ownings (large or small). Their mining rights were formally controlled thru the king, and more. I've seen texts using the Swe word with some explanation in parentheses ( see, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Bergsmen )


Have also found 'homesteader' ( http://ekomuseum.se/vill-du-veta-mer/bergsmannen/?lang=en) -- but this doesn't ring correctly with my US experience with that word.