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(of which yet perhaps there is not fo great danger yi% one may 
imagine j as far as I could find by a Trial, I purpofely made 
in a Grove^ where I was fure, there wanted not Iron-ore.) 
And what other wayes may be nfed to dired Miners without 
the help of a Load-ftone 
43. How the Mrners deal with the Rocks and Sparrs, they 
oftenmeet wichj before thy come at the Ore ? Whether they 
ufeFire to foften, calcine, or crack them ? How they imploy 
itj and with what meafure of fuccefs ? 
44. What wayes and cautions they ufe, to free the Mine 
^nd fecure the Work men from the inconveniencies and dan* 
ger accruing from the ufc of much Fire in it. 
45. What Inftruments they ufe to break the Rock,e^^ f And 
how thofe Inftruments are conducive; and how long they laft? 
4^. How the Mine-men work ; whether naked or cloathedi' 
And what Lights they ufe to work by ; what materials they are 
made of, what meafure of light they give j how long they laft ? 
and by what wayes they are kept burning in that thick and 
foggy air ? 
47. How Veins are folio w'djoftj and recover'd ? And how 
feveralMiners work on the fame Vein ? And what is the beft 
%vay of getting all the Ore in a Vein^ and moft conveniently ? 
48. How they convey out their CDfe^ and other things^ chat 
are to be carried out of the Mine ? Whether they do it in Baf- 
<kets drawn up by Ropes ^ or upon mens backs i and if this 
laft-named way 5 what kind of VelTels they ufe for matter 5 
ifhape, and capacity ? And whether the Work-men deliver 
them one to another ^ or the fame Work=mcn carry them all 
the way f* And whether the Diggers defcend and afcend by 
Ladders of woodj or of ropesj C^r. 
Mout the Fifth Tkk. 
it i>i)f; 
49. Whether tlie Ore runs in a Vein 5 or lie difpers'd in - 
fcatter d pieces ; or be divided partly into a Vein , and partly 
into loofe mafles ; or like a Wall between two RockSjas it were 
in a Cleft 5 or be interfpers'd in the firm Rock 5 like fpeckled 
Marble ? Or be found in Grmns like Sand or Gmvel i as ftore 
