NATURAL HISTORY of NORWAY* 



Thai. Itnpef* 

 Anno 1711, Librae 15483 12 fern, inpretio ■ 172144 56 



1712, — x 549° 10 fern. 3 gr. — — I 74 I 57 



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



1714,- — 12689 15 fern. 1 gr. 1483 16 454 



1715, ■ 9034 10 fern. 2 gr. — — 108154 73 



1716, ~~ 12744 11 fern. 3 gr. i54 x 94 6 9l 



1717, — — 1 21793 2 fern. 3 gr, 276428 65 



1718, — 19685 6 fern. - 1 • ■ ■ 257149 19! 



i^fc — — — 14824 ~— - - - — 193948 651. 



1720, — 12760 15 fern. 3 gr. 168992 42? 



1721, — 13671 10 fern. 3 gr. 178181 3^ 



1722, ■ ■- '■- 16884 2 fern. — — 222285 3 2 ^ 



^23, - 1 16722 8 fern. 3 gr. 210273 7^ 



1724, — . ._ 14384 io jfem. 4 gr. . 186796 5^' 



A comparifon of thefe feveral funis fnews the annual produce 

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

 times three quarters*; and the Almighty has in a fignal manner 

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

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

 hruch, 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 firft Revier - - - 650 



In the fecond - - 600 



In the third - - - 080 



* From the Vienna article in the news of June 18, 175 1, it appears, that, ail the 

 filver 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 1751, 1 308364 

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

 duced by the mines in the Auftrian hereditary dominions, ' 



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