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zinc. 3. In the -west extremity of La Mancha, near latitude 38' 38', 

 at Almaden : cinnabar, native mercury, pyiite, in clay slate. 4. South- 

 west of Almaden, in Southern Estremadura, and Northwestern Seville : 

 tetrahedrite ; at Guadalcanal, Cazalla, Rio Tinto : chalcanthite or cop- 

 per vitriol, malachite, with some red silver ore, and native silver, in 

 schists or limestones. 



There are also mines of lead and copper at Falsete in Catalonia ; in 

 Galicia, a little tin ore ; in the Asturias at Cabrales, copper ores. 



23. In Sweden : — 1. At Fahlun, in Dalecarlia : chalcopyrite, bornite ; 

 rock, syenyte and schists. At Finbo and Broddbo : tantalum ores, tin 

 ore. At Sala : argentiferous galenite, affording lead and silver ; rock, 

 crystalline limestone. At Vena tor Wehna) and at Tunaberg : arseni- 

 cal cobalt, erythrite ; rock, mica slate and gneiss. At Dannemora and 

 elsewhere : magnetic iron ore or magnetite. 



24 In Xorway, at Kongsberg : argentite or vitreous silver, native 

 silver, horn silver, native gold, galenite, native arsenic, blende ; rock, 

 mica slate. At Modum and Skutterud : cobalt ores, native silver ; 

 rock, mica slate. At Arendal, magnetic iron ore. 



25. In Russia : — In the Urals (mostly on the Asiatic side), at 

 Ekatherinenberg, Beresof, Xisckne Tagilsk, etc. : native gold, plati- 

 num, iridium, native copper, cuprite, malachite. 2. The Altai 

 (Southern Siberia 1 , at Kolyvan and Zmeof : native gold, native silver, 

 argentiferous galena, cerussite. native copper, oxides of copper, mala- 

 chite, chalcopyrite; rocks, metamorphic ^eds and porphyry. 3. In the 

 Daouria Mountains, east of Lake Baikal, at Xertchinsk : argentifer- 

 ous galenite, cerussite, mimetite, gray antimony, arsenopyrite, cala- 

 mine, cinnabar ; rocks, compact limestone and schists. 



26. In Australia :— In Southern Queensland, and the northern part 

 of Xew South Wales, or the Xew England district : tin ore or cassi- 

 terite abundant, with also native gold. In Xew South Wales, along 

 the Blue Mountains and the continuation of the range parallel with 

 the coast north and south, in the Bathurst, Mudgee, Lachlan and other 

 districts : native gold, chalcopyrite, some cinnabar. In Victoria : na- 

 tive gold. In South Australia, especially at the Burra, Wallaroo, and 

 Moonta mines : copper ores. 



Other foreign mining regions are the copper mines of Cuba, and 

 South America ; the sliver mines of Chili, Bolivia, Peru in South 

 America, and of Mexico ; the gold mines of South America, especially 

 those of Brazil, South Africa, and of the Philippines, Borneo, Xew 

 Guinea, Xew Caledonia, and Xew Zealand in Australasia ; the quick- 

 silver mines of Huanca Velica, Peru, and those of China ; the tin 

 mines of Malacca (principally on the island of Junk-Ceylon ■, and of 

 the island of Banco between Borneo and Sumatra ; of zinc, in China ; 

 of platinum, in Brazil, Colombia, St. Domingo, and Borneo ; of palla- 

 dium, in Brazil ; of arsenic in Khoordistan, Turkey in Asia, and also in 

 China ; of nickel, in Xew Caledonia. 



