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Page 18
... of a foot . This earth they carry to their salt- works , where they soak it in water in large shal- low wooden vessels ; and , by afterwards boiling the water , they obtain pure salt . SALT . 66 POLAND . BUT , " said James 18.
... of a foot . This earth they carry to their salt- works , where they soak it in water in large shal- low wooden vessels ; and , by afterwards boiling the water , they obtain pure salt . SALT . 66 POLAND . BUT , " said James 18.
Page 42
... wooden troughs , each about a yard wide ; and in every trough is a negro slave , with a rake contrived for the purpose . The earth to be examined is raked into the trough , in the quantity of about half a bushel at a time ; and the ...
... wooden troughs , each about a yard wide ; and in every trough is a negro slave , with a rake contrived for the purpose . The earth to be examined is raked into the trough , in the quantity of about half a bushel at a time ; and the ...
Page 68
... wood , either all round , or only par- tially , to prevent it from falling in , and choking up the passage . The adits , or drains , are secured in the same way . In some cases the galleries and adits , instead of being GALLERIES AND ...
... wood , either all round , or only par- tially , to prevent it from falling in , and choking up the passage . The adits , or drains , are secured in the same way . In some cases the galleries and adits , instead of being GALLERIES AND ...
Page 79
... wooden frame open at the top , and having a strong iron screen or grating at the bottom . It hangs over water , being suspended to a long lever , the motion of which alternately plunges it into the water , and Improved jigging machine ...
... wooden frame open at the top , and having a strong iron screen or grating at the bottom . It hangs over water , being suspended to a long lever , the motion of which alternately plunges it into the water , and Improved jigging machine ...
Page 93
... wooden stairs to the first gallery ; then it becomes so easy , that , though it consists of steps cut in the rock , the horses , who are used to it , can pass up and down them as they go and come in bring- ing up the ore . 94 PERILOUS ...
... wooden stairs to the first gallery ; then it becomes so easy , that , though it consists of steps cut in the rock , the horses , who are used to it , can pass up and down them as they go and come in bring- ing up the ore . 94 PERILOUS ...
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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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