NATURAL HISTORY of NORWAY. i$g 



Thai. Imper. 

 Anno 1711, Librs 15483 12 fern, inpretio 172144 56 



1?I2) 15490 10 fern. 3 gr. T-74- l $7 



1713, -— 12630 14 fern. 3 gr. 141246 87 



1714, - 12689 15. fern. 1 gr. 148316 45t 



1715, -= 9034 10 fern. 2 gr. — 108154 73 



1716, — 12744 11 fern. 3 gr. - i54 J 94 6 9t 



1717, — — — 21793 2 fern. 3 gr. 276428 65 



1718, -- - . ■ 1.9685 6 fern. 257149 191. 



I7IQ> — 1 — : 4 8 24 j - ~ 193948 6j£g 



1720, — — . 12760 15 fem. 3 gr. 168992 42T 



1721, — — ; 1 3 67 1 10 fem. 3 gr. 1 781 81 3^ 



1722, ■ 16884 2 fem. 222285 3 2 ^ 



1723, — — 16722 8 fem. 3 gr. — — 210273 7A 



1724, H384 io fem. 4 gr. 186796 $~ 



A comparifon of thefe federal fums mews the annual produce 

 of thefe works to amount to a tun of gold and a half, and fome- 

 times three quarters * ; arid the Almighty has in a iignal manner 

 been pleafed, for fome years pair, to profper thefe filver- works,' 

 fince they came under the prudent managernent of Mr. Stucken- 

 bruch, who by his penetrating genius, has greatly improved them 

 by feveral mechanical inventions, which, likewife to the honour 

 and advantage of the country, have invited great numbers of curi- 

 ous foreigners, who with admiration here behold wonders, both 

 in nature and art, fuch as probably no other country can pa- 

 rallel 



The number of the officers of all ranks, the daily miners, la- 

 bourers, and penfioners, exclufive of their children .and families, 

 who have their daily fupport here, according to the eftablifhment, 

 amount to near five thoufand perfons. 



In the mine of Kongfberg, the following are actually in con- 

 ftant work : 



Men. 

 In the firfb Revier - - - 650 



In the fecond - - - 600 



In the third - - - 980 



* From the Vienna article in the news of June 18, 1751, it appears, that, ail the 

 iilver and gold mine- works, in the Imperial hereditary States, are not equal to the 

 fingle mine- works of Kongfberg, the words are thefe : " Since the commence- 

 ment of the reign of the emprefs queen, or from the year 1741 to 1 75I3 1,398364 

 guilders have been coined at her Imperial majefty's mints of gold and diver, pro- 

 duced by the mines in the Auftrian hereditary dominions. 



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