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Page 43
... remains is a sort of gravel . The larger stones , being of no value , are thrown away ; as it is only among the smaller pebbles that they are likely to find diamonds . Three overseers , seated in chairs , are appointed to watch the ...
... remains is a sort of gravel . The larger stones , being of no value , are thrown away ; as it is only among the smaller pebbles that they are likely to find diamonds . Three overseers , seated in chairs , are appointed to watch the ...
Page 151
... the modern custom . Some remains of tools and baskets were found , but so decayed , that they crumbled to dust on being touched . That it was long , long ago since these chambers had been 152 COLLIERIES AT DYSART . worked was evident , as.
... the modern custom . Some remains of tools and baskets were found , but so decayed , that they crumbled to dust on being touched . That it was long , long ago since these chambers had been 152 COLLIERIES AT DYSART . worked was evident , as.
Page 172
... remains , in which the gold is concealed . The waters are again turned off , and the workmen dig up this earth , which they carry away to the lavaderos , or washing places . Here it is kept continually stirred with iron hooks and rakes ...
... remains , in which the gold is concealed . The waters are again turned off , and the workmen dig up this earth , which they carry away to the lavaderos , or washing places . Here it is kept continually stirred with iron hooks and rakes ...
Page 205
... remains useless . The persons employed in these mines amount in number to almost fifteen thousand . Nearly two thousand are free colonists ; more than one thousand are convicts , condemned to this work : nearly twelve thousand are ...
... remains useless . The persons employed in these mines amount in number to almost fifteen thousand . Nearly two thousand are free colonists ; more than one thousand are convicts , condemned to this work : nearly twelve thousand are ...
Page 235
... remains , are called Primitive rocks . Other rocks do not contain any crystals , but often a great quantity of organic remains ; and these , which are never found below the primitive rocks , are generally called Secondary rocks , and ...
... remains , are called Primitive rocks . Other rocks do not contain any crystals , but often a great quantity of organic remains ; and these , which are never found below the primitive rocks , are generally called Secondary rocks , and ...
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adit AMUSING ancient baskets beds blast BLAST FURNACE bottom BRADLEY COAL-MINE Brazil brought bucket called CANNEL COAL carried caverns cinnabar clay cloth coal COLLIERIES coloured copper COPPER-MINES Cornwall Dannemora deep depth descend diamonds discovered dred dykes earth Edition eight employed England excavations fire Forest of Dean formed Fowey furnace gold gold-mines grains gunpowder half half-bound horses hundred feet Illustrations iron ISAAC TAYLOR James Kolyvan labour lumps Mam Tor mass metal mile Millstone grit MINERAL VEINS miners mines mode morocco mountains native nearly Newcastle obtained operation papa persons PERU Petersburgh pieces pillars piston places Potosi pounds Price principal produce province quantity quicksilver river rock roof Russia salt sand shaft side silex silver smelted soil sometimes sort Spain Spaniards steam-engine stones STORIES strata stratum stream substance suppose surface Sweden thick Thompson thousand tion traveller twelve various kinds washed wood workmen
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