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STONE or QUARTZOSE GRANITE is plen- 

 tifully found, on either fide of the Diflrid. 



X. MINERALS. Mines of tin, 

 COPPER, and lead (containing a portion 

 of Silver) are ftill worked in the Diftriclt ; 

 whofe furface is defaced, and for ever 

 rendered unprofitable, for the purpofes of 

 agriculture and cultivation, by theie into* 

 lerablc pefts. The ftannary laws, if any 

 fuch laws can really be faid to exift, ought 

 to be forthwith abrogated, and fome rational 

 regulations be ftruck out ; — fuch as men of 

 common fenfe may underfland, and under 

 which induflry may be proteded, from, the 

 rapine of adventurers ; who, not unfre^ 

 quently, do irreparable Injury, without 

 obtaining any counter advantage to them- 

 felves or the community : throwing away 

 that attention and labor, which, if beftowed 

 on the foil, might remain an everlafting 

 benefit. 



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