(77°) 
them. They convey but their Materials in £/*0<?-Buckets 
drawn by Ropes. The Buckets hold about a Gallon. Their 
Ladders are of Ropes. 
To the 49, 50, 5 1 . The Ore runs fometimes in a Vein,fome- 
times difpers'd in Banks. It lies many times between Rocks : 
fomeof it is hard, fome milder. They never find any perfect , 
but it muft be refined. Many times they have branched Ore 
in the Span. 
To the 53 -till 60. There fs Span and Caulk about thq 
Ore 5 and another fubftance, which they call the Crootes, wfiich 
is a mealy white ftone, marted with Ore> and foft. The Span 
is white, tranfparent> and britle like Glafs. The Caulk 9 white 
and heavy, heavier than any ftone. The Vein lies between the 
Coats, and is of different breadths; It breakes off fometimes 
abruptly in an Earthy they call a Deading Bed 0 and after a fathom 
or two may come again, keeping the fame point. It terminates 
fometimes in a dead Earth Clayie , without Croot or Span 5 
fometimes in a Rock called zFore-ftonc. 
To the 62 till 6$. There is much difference in the goodnefs 
of the Ore. The cleereft and heavieft, beft. 3$ hundred of 
Ore may yield a Tun of Lead. Some fmall eyes of other mix* 
tures, Brafs, &c. 
To the 66. They beat the Ore with an Iron flat piece 5 cleanfe 
it in Water from the dirt 5 fift it through a Wire-five. The 
Ore tends to the bottom , and the Refufe lies at top. And 
thefe are the Preparations , they makeufeof, before 'tis fit for 
fufion. Then they have a Hearth about 5 foot high, fct upon 
Timber, to be turn'd as a Wind-mill, to avoid the inconvenience 
of fmoak upon a (hifting V Vind. The Hearth contains half a 
bufliel of Ore and Coal, with bellowes on the top. The Char* 
coale is put upon the Hearth, where the Ore is 5 laying dry 
Gads upon the top, which they call their VVhite coales. 
There is a fink upon the fide of the Hearth, into which the 
Lead runs , that holds about an hundred and an half. Then it 
is caft into Sand, and runs into thofe Soms ( as they call them) 
which they fell. They have a barr, to ftir the Fire 5 a Ihovel, 
to throw it up • and a Ladle heated red-hot. to caft out the Met- 
tal. 
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