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fathoms below the top surface of Umestone, the ore will be, so far 

 as present knowledge goes, entirely worked ouc. It is not only 

 impossible to say, but it is extremely improbable that the whole of 

 the district has yet been explored, and at any moment a discovery 

 equal to the Park and Roanhead conjoined mines may be made. 



To shew the immense mass of wealth that lies within a very 

 small space, it may be said that from under the surface of one acre 

 at the Park mines one and a quarter million tons have been pro- 

 duced, and upon this minute area of surface a royalty of ;^8o,ooo 

 has been paid to the mineral landlord, equal to a surface value of 

 ^i6 per square yard. 



Such is a short outline of the history of the rise and progress of 

 the Hoematite Iron Industry of Low Furness. And it is hoped 

 that whilst it may prove interesting to those who visited the district 

 yesterday, it may stimulate some of the members of the Association 

 to a personal investigation of the geological problems to which 

 reference has been made. 



