FOREIGN MINING KK(.|ON«. 



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BRIEF NOTICE OF FOREIGN MINING REGIONS. 



The geographical positions of the different mining re- 

 gions are learned with difficulty from the scattered notices 

 in the course of a mineralogical treatise. A general review 

 of the more important is therefore here given, to be used 

 in connection with a good map. 



A course across Europe from southeast to northwest, passes 

 over a large part of the mining regions, and it will be found 

 most convenient to the memory to mention l hem in this or- 

 der, commencing with the borders of Turkey. 



1. The mines of the Bannat in southern Hungary, near 

 the borders of Turkey, (about Jatitude 45"') situated princi- 

 pally at Orawitza, Saszka, Dognaszka, and Moldawa. Ores. 

 Argentiferous copper ores, vitreous copper, malachite, copper 

 pyrites, red copper ore, galena, ores of zinc, cobalt, native 

 gold, yielding silver, gold, copper, and lead. Rock. Syenite 

 and granular limestone. 



2. The mines of western Transylvania, about latitude 

 46 D , situated between the rivers Maros and Aranyos, at Nagy- 

 ag, Offenbanya, Salathna, and Vorospatak. Ores. Na- 

 tive gold, telluric gold, telluric silver, white tellurium, with 

 galena, blende, orpiment, realgar, gray antimony, fahlerz, 

 carbonate of manganese, manganblende ; especially valua- 

 ble in gold and silver. 



3. In the mountain range, bounding Transylvania on 

 the north, about latitude 47° 40', at Nagy-banya, Felso-ban 

 ya, and Kapnik. Ores. Native gold, red silver, argentife- 

 rous gray copper, pyritous copper, blende, realgar, gray an- 

 timony. Rock. Porphyry. 



4. In the Konigsberg mountains, northern Hungary, about 

 latitude 48 J 45 , at Schemnitz and Kremnitz. Ores. Ar- 

 gentiferous galena and copper pyrites, native gold, red silver 

 ore, gray antimony, some cobalt ores and bismuth, mispickel ; 

 particularly valuable for gold, silver, and antimony. Rock. 

 Diorite and porphyry. 



5. To the east of the Kdnigsberg mountains, at Schmol- 

 *itz and Retzbanya. Ores. Pyritous copper, gray copper 

 re, blende, gray antimony, particularly valuable for copper. 



Rock. Clay slate. 



6. Illyria, west of Hungary, at Bleiberg and Raibel, (in 

 .Jarinthia.) Ores. Argentiferous galena, calamine, with 



