HUNGARY. 



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neb of the riven, but also Cram their banks, and from 

 pit* in the adjacent ground. In these pits, which are 

 generally about star feet deep, the flrst stratum con- 

 fists 'of vegetable mould ; the second of loam, and an 

 anrrial deposit of pebbles; the third of the auriferous 

 sand and pebbles; and the fourth of slate, day, marie, 

 andcoeL The washing of the aoritaraw and i 



tiied by the gypsies, who, from long 



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.prac- 



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?i.pejl tnstt DflraijT panicle of goiu eacapec inem. i nc 

 0pmti0n is Tcvy sunpley and M performed by OMHOsV ot 

 plank of time-tree n fret in length, and about three 

 m breadth, with groove* OF fnrrowi cut acToaa. TDM 

 ' k placed at an angle of about 45 degrees, and at 



irireiuus i 



of gold. This, however, is liable to very considerable . c uti*tw. 

 variation, for one quintal of the ore of the Oberliber- > "^V 1 ^ 

 $tokl* vein baa been known to yield 9200 lotos of pure 

 silver, after its separation from the gold. 



At CremniU, the direction of the vein in the princi- 

 pal mine is north and south, inclined from the west to- 

 wards the east, according to an angle which varin from 

 25* to 30* and 4XA The ore consists of a*rifero*t 

 fart*, speckled with mi nut* glittering particles of auri- 

 ferous pyrites, and penetrated either by a buff-coloured 

 day, or by an urgextiftro** sulphuret of lead, and the 



sand is 



die upper end is a trough where the 



put. The sand is then Twaabed down the alopingof the 



board by plenty of water, when the gold dost f alb in- 



*_ t i, til .t. Blr u ii n aa jai_l tm - A .-.1. - . I - 



o mv DaVfaar vtsWWB^ ana v ancTw ajuB crapcu o 

 timimmu the plank k covered with 

 to which the gold adhere*; or when 

 t doth, they aab^rtalr a fleece in its 



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L' ..' M in * ...ou vi* - . oi ..urias o[ go. . irt- :.... 1 



tsUi 



mtbe 



vaJ.je" ..f the 



of ore 



flVVCaf C0sVtC9M > 



in ndMeM thoe or VT 

 The most vahnbie are those 



bflbaa 



; and tf.ey estimate the 

 d>atsMosmHal(cwt.) 

 silver, and one mark of 



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exide of iron. 



" The meaner of working the mines is fourfold. 1 /, Manner of 

 By a horizontal level, following the direction of the ""*j> >l> * 

 rri*. 2oVy, By an inclined plane, ascending according ni - 

 to its mdinalion ; forming always stage* of wood, aa 

 galleries for the workmen. SaHv. By an inclined plans) 

 descend ing h) the contrary direction. 4V*/jr, By an ex- 

 cavation on either side of the vein, which is the most 

 frequent at fijiaaasili, owing to the great width of the 

 veins." The apparent care, neatness, and advantage, 

 with which the works are carried on ; the spacious en- 

 trances into their mines ; their dry, airy, and cleanly 

 levels; and the grief encoanyanept given to the study 

 of mioenlogy, and to all mining speculations, shew 

 that the CM mam surpass every other nation in skill 

 try in the art of saining. 



Dr Clarke, from whose excellent work we have ex- 



as gven 

 jjaj i il fin III i 



V. 



is of courie that 

 err. But the richer 



The Cnt on the west is called Tirme stAssX at an 

 average about two fathssns wide, The matrix of the 



with the produce of the mine Tnttmt* 

 on to all mines, of stemaisg the 

 area are not submitted to the 

 They are carefully broken with 

 the sis* of 



nfr.ew 



f fjnfrti; and the ore 

 About 120 firthons rax 



M^BI '. . ( T~ -** 1 



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d is the J9^s*a7*r*X whadi 



atfaonMwide, art 



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anasmafr ^asasmmm? VsMffM asmV nB^nmT sV4lm> ^n*^tke^s> * as^sVs* sv> ^aaaM 



rids, and were the iyiat discovered. ' The third vein 



from the others, the matrix ef the ore besnc 



r sad centaiirinc a 

 a smafl portion of 



which, being mixed witdlnul, a (ingle operation of the 

 furnace if isislciinl for their reduction. With regard 



i the farm of a fine powder or tend 

 'Here they are exposed to what is called 

 ., being ssBnly smelted urtoa compownd 

 which is eafled 2.4, cresting of all the fol- 



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. TavisthelW 



The seeor.d 

 the sVea, or reseJt 

 to a feraea 



the same ore*. They both 

 en. The fifth is that of Jilt- 



preaeot it > the Dwvt 

 lofaOtheminesof SchemniU; and is wrought 



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ry of greasWaMgnfcade. Tir 'sjt is the f7rms alesVe 

 atrix of the ere is acAsatM, iailmaliil 

 It is the laet which has been disc*, 

 i, and is hardly rnewn. The ave- 

 be ScheaMsU oresM thus rated: a quin- 



t f ei o*lljir IFMn ^' r TO *rn /rV >. </f .- 



rur ; easi OM Mark ef the auVer, fram taeee to six demm 



relates to the treatment ot 

 'the <rt crude fusion. This is ex- 

 the fra e/ which i* regulated in the 

 Font, there M a layer of wood, 

 then layer of charcoal, and lastly a layer of the leek, 

 Men into pieces. The fuel hetng yitod, the faas 



3^, A third operation then follows: After the* lech 

 has been rsealii, they add to it powder of the richer 

 the wheseMsaMhed in another furnace. This 

 is called the smcW/Mee, or the/uion rmncktd. 



Vk, The result or rrgsito obtained fron the second 

 fusion u then carried to an ether furnace. Here it is 

 again Msltirl with the addition of the 

 ThkVlAM/MSMis called the /*. .PC 

 cause, when the furnace ia lanusil, and the melai be- 

 gins to AW into a receiver made with 



bines with ^ gold's?, * 



of the 

 lih. 



mi ai*w, and fsfls to the 



Duiay this operation, the lightrr 



;. 



TW rekt Is stssj 



^t SMS as( CMtale tw Isssf of sOtw, K Is osM s> tao suasflag 



