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contains little more than a trace of ore: the same may also be 
said of a vein at White Stones, which occupies the same relative 
position as the most fruitful of the Blencathra veins. We may, 
therefore, safely infer that the surface configuration of the ground 
did not in any way influence the original deposition of the ores, 
but that it did, to a considerable extent, influence the formation of 
secondary, or decomposition products. 
