 He also sought to establish an emergency relief fund for miners, aiding them following accidents.Humboldt's researches into the vegetation of the mines of Freiberg led to the publication in Latin (1793) of his "Florae Fribergensis, accedunt Aphorismi ex Doctrina, Physiologiae Chemicae Plantarum", which was a compendium of his botanical researches.That publication brought him to the attention of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who had met Humboldt at the family home when Alexander was a boy, but Goethe was now interested in meeting the young scientist to discuss metamorphism of plants.