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of excellent Tin ts faid to be fou;id in feme parts of Cormvalat 
the Sides and in the Channels of running Waters , which they 
call .... 5 or whether the Ore be of a fof ter confiftence, like 
Earth or Lome, as there is Lead-ore in Ireland holding ftore 
of Silver; and Iron ore in the North parts of Scotland ^nd 
elfe where f And what is obfervable in it as to Weight, Colour, 
Mixture, 
50. Whether any part of the Metal be found in the Mine per- 
fed and complete? f As I have had prefented me good vallu-- 
^ihlc Copper^ and pieces of perfedt that were taken up , 
the one at Jamaica^ and the other by an acquaintance of minej 
that took rhem out of the ground himfelf in New^EttfJand.) 
$u Whether the Mine affords any parcels of Metal j that 
feeni to grow like P/^7;z//(asIhave fometimes feen Silver gro w- 
ing.as icfecmedjoutof StonCj or^/?^rr<?almofl: like blades of 
Grafs ^ as alfo great grains of a Metal^ which appeared to me, 
and which thofe that tried fome of it^ affirmed to be Gold^ 
abounding in a ftony lump, that feemed to conlift chiefly of a 
peculiar kind of Sparre.) 
f2. Whether the Vein lie neer,or much beneath the farface 
of the Earth, and at what depth ? 
f^. Whetherthe Vein have or have not any particular Con. 
comitants, or Coatsf if I may fo call them j ) and, if any^ what 
they are, and in what order they lie f ( As the Veins of Lead- 
ore^ with us, have frequently annext to them afubflancecaird 
^y^^rr^, and next to that another call'd 
54* Whether(befides thefe Coats) the Vein have belonging 
to it any other Hetrogeneous fubftance f ( As in Thhtnines we 
often find that yellow fubftance, which they call Mundic\, ) 
55. What are the principal Qualities of thefe Extraneous 
fubftances ? ( As that Sparre is white, but tranfparent , almofl 
like courfe Cryflall, heavy, brittle, eafiiy divifible into flakes^ 
^c. CaulJ^ is of a different texture , white , opacous , and 
like a Stdnej but much more ponderous. Mmdick^ 1 have had 
of a fine golden colour 5 but, though it be affirm'd co hold no 
Metah yetl found it in weight, and otherwife, to differ from 
Marchafms i and the Mine-men think it of a poifonous na- 
ture.) 
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