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instances in the groove, and the shoes are smaller, and the iron 
plates wider than the horse shoes at present in use. 
The iron implements are wonderfully perfect, an iron chain 
with hook and apparatus to suspend a kettle of large size, an 
tron knife with blade 103 inches in length, an iron chopper, 
blade 63 inches wide, and more than a foot in length. A curious 
iron implement 16 inches in length, with a flat hexagonal shaped 
blade, apparently for stirring melted metal, Such implements as 
these are very rare, because the iron soon oxidizes and the weapon 
crumbles to powder, but the scoria has preserved these in good 
condition. 
A perfect wooden spade has been preserved, of native oak, 
the handle and shovel portion being of one piece. For some 
time I doubted the reality of this “find,” it appeared so perfect, 
but I am informed by the over-looker that it is undoubtdly 
genuine, and was dug up with the other Roman remains. 
Hitherto all the mining shovels discovered have been flat blades 
of wood, sometimes capped with iron at the edge, with a square 
hole in the blade, to admit the handle, by means of which they 
were worked horizontally in the mine. This is in the form of a 
modern spade, without any hole through the handle to grasp by, 
and the handle is only somewhat thicker than the shaft. The 
entire length is only 1 foot 9 inches. It was found 5 feet under 
the ground. 
But the most interesting discovery which has been made since 
the Club visited the workings on the 25th May, 1875, isa cake 
of pure lead weighing 78lbs. which had been left just in the 
condition in which it had run out of the ore into the hearth, the 
under surface is quite flat, the upper surface rounded slightly. It 
had evidently been run out and then entirely forgotten, and so 
left until it was found during the late summer. 
Some very good specimens of thick sheet glass have been found, 
one piece having a flange at the side, and another piece is ribbed ; 
all this indicates refinement and art. The indications are small, 
