Difcoverj of a Van of 'Silver. ( III 



MINERALOGY, 



A lode * of filver, tolerably rich, has lately been difco- 

 vered in the Hurland Mine, formerly called the Old Manor 

 Mine, in Gwinear parifli in the county of Cornwall, which- 

 they are now working - , and which, judging from prefent ap- 

 pearances, we mould expect would turn out of great national 

 benefit, if we were not aware of the ftrong prejudices and 

 great ignorance of the Corniih miners in general. 



If we may credit the teftimony of foreigners, the pooreft 

 # mine in Cornwall is worked- at a greater expence than the 

 richeft on the Continent. How can it be otherwife, while 

 the prefent fyftem, difgraceful to the age in which we live,, is 

 allowed to continue, without any attempts being made either 

 •to alter or improve it? We {hall hardly be credited when 

 we ftate that, in many places, the proprietors are never per- 

 mitted to have a fection of their mine : yet fuch is literally 

 the fact. It would be incroaching upon the province of the 

 Captain cf the JSline ! who is fole monarch of the fubterra- 

 nean legions, and guides all their operations. 



From this man the owners mud be content to receive the 

 only accounts they can obtain of the ftate of their works j. 

 nor can they poflibly help themfelves, or interfere in the 

 direction. 



When it is known that this is the ftate of management, 

 ova readers, though they may regret the circumftance, will- 

 not be furprifed to hear that the Wherry-mine near Pen- 

 zance, one of the mod curious in ihe world f, and in which 

 we lately announced that cobalt had been found, has been 

 difcontinued working, and the {haft been clofed up. Have 

 we not reafon to fear that this mine, fo rich in tin and cobalt, 

 has fallen a difgraceful facrifice to the ignorance in the art 

 of mining, which fo {hamcfully prevails in this county ? 

 While fciencc is excluded, what can be expected ? 



The Cornifli term for a vein or ftiatum. 

 t The mouth of the (haft was. more than Ooa feet from the flicrr, arul 

 furrounded by ti i 



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