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has been worked since 1704. There is a second scam Ixnioalh it of 7 

 fathoms. Brown coal is worked on the rivers Pleisse and J'^lstcr, upward 

 . from Leipsic, near Cannewitz, Delditz, and Zobi<(ker ; the dcjxxsit then 

 continues as far as Groitzscli, where three seams are known, and from 

 Pe^^au up to Oderwitz, close to the Prussian frontier, where two seams are 

 won of 57| and 39 feet. This deposit becomes still more extensive, where 

 the Wyhra joins the Pleisse, 7 fathoms having been bored without reaching 

 the bottom. More to the south, scattered deposits ;n-c found on the right 

 bank of the Pleisse; also on the left bank of the Muldc, near Wurzen, 

 and on the right bank at Greliritz, kSkorditz, Lei])nitz (3 to 4 fathoms), 

 Skoplau, and Zschadras (7 fathoms), Lausigk up to liochlitz. Dispersed 

 basins are found between the Mulde and the Elbe. 



There is also brown coal between the Elbe and the Oder. The latter 

 measures appear in distinct veins at the edge of the so-called Lausilz hills, 

 penetrating under the basin of Zittau, whence a connection with the im- 

 portant basin of Bohemia takes ])lace across the boundary of the Zollver- 

 ein. These spread out also into the low country at the foot of the Silesian 

 mountains as far as JN^eisse, and again appear in the plain between Witten- 

 berg and Domitz, and even u]) to the vicinity of Stettin on the Baltic. In 

 Saxony small measures are found nearOrtrand, Camentz, and Bautzen; in 

 Prussia near Jaiier, liatibor (2 to 3 fathoms), Buschwitz (2:^ to 3|), and 

 Doberschiitz (1;^- fathoms). A very important basin is met ^^■il.h in the dis- 

 trict of Zittau; and an earthy kind of brown coal, called " sulphur-coal," 

 is exported as a good manure to Bohemia and Silesia. FroTn Zittau the 

 brown-coal m(^asurcs extend across the Prussian frontier, and follow the 

 course of the Neissc in the department of Liegnitz. V ery extensive seams 

 are found at Schouberg (Lauban). One scam near Gorlitz is 50 feet. De- 

 tached basins are known near Langenols and near Hennersdorf, in the dis- 

 trict of Jauer, containing 13 to 27 feet of coal, and to the east of Striegau 

 showing 56 feet. These brown-coal measures can be followed from liolh- 

 enburg to the limits of Liegnitz and Frankfurt on the Oder. To the 

 north the brown coal is again found near Sorau and at Lodenau, covering 

 a wide expanse. There are two seams, the upper one of 80 to 85 feet. It 

 is also met with to the west at Spremberg, and in the district of the 

 Hoyerswerda, on the left bank of the Spree. These measures terminate 

 in the Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau. 



After a long break, brown coal is again found down the Elbe in the dis- 

 trict of Perleberg ; and seams are known in Mecklenburg, near the Prus- 

 sian frontier. 



The large basin of Freienwalde, on the Oder, is divided into several 

 parts; the first extending over 22 square miles, from Freienwalde to 

 Frankfurt; and others lower down ui the neighbourhood of Schwedt, near 

 Hohen-Zahden (south of Stettin), near Herzberg, and at Bucknow. More 

 southern measures a])pear at Bauen and Petcrsdorf, and then near Stre- 

 ganz, the ancient monastery of Neuzelle, Einbeck, Gaemersdorf, and occu- 

 pying a large tract of country in the Griineberg district, where there is 15 

 feet of very excellent coal. 



There are brown-coal measures also between the Oder and Vistula. 

 Single basins far apart occur at iXieder-Kranig, near Finhenwalde, where 

 the seams reach 27 feet ; in Pomerania near Brietzig, Trampke, and at other 

 places on the Baltic coast. There are measures near Landsberg, on the 

 Wartlie (Frankfurt) ; aiul brown coal is known near Landsberg and Khi- 

 dow (7 to 20 feet), near Birnbaum, Zirke, Wronke, and Obornik (53 leet) ; 

 n(!ar 'frattin and Liissigv Crunow, Trebow (25 feet), and Zieh'nzig. At 

 the latter place two seams occur together, 32 feet, partly brittle and solid 



