(II94) 
alfo towards One,' Two and Three of the Clock > as they 
fpeak : for the Miners dired themfelves under ground by a 
Compafs , not of 32 points ( fuch as is us'd at Sea ) but by 
one of 245 which they divide , as we do the hours of the 
day 5 into twice 1 2. Of the Gold-Ore, fome is white , fome 
black, red 5 or yellow: that with black fpors in white is 
efteem'd the beft, as alfo the Ore, which lieth next to the 
black veins. This Ore is not rich enough to fuffer any proof 
in fmall parcels^ like that of other M ines, whereby to 1^ now, 
what proportion of metal is contained in it^ but they pound 
a very great quantity thereof, and wa/h it in a little River, 
which runs nigh the Town. The whole River being divided, 
and admitted into divers cuts , runs over the Ore continually, 
andfo wafheth away the earthy parts from the metallinj and 
from a clear River above the Town , by its running th ough fo 
many works, and over fo much pounded Ore, it becomes be- 
low the Town a dark yellow ftream; of the colour of the earth 
of thofe hills. 
There have been pieces of pure Gold found in this Mine ; 
fome of which I have fecn in the Enjperours Treafury , and 
in the Eleilor of Saxony's Repofitory> one piece as broad 
as the palmc of my hand , and others left , and upon a 
white ftone many pieces of pure Golds but thefe are very 
rare. 
The common yellow Earth of the Countrey near Chrcm- 
nhzi although it be not efteem^d Ore, affords fome Gold:- 
And in one place I faw a great part of an Hill digg'd away, 
which hath been caft into the works , wafii'd and wrought 
in the fame manner , as pounded Ore , with confiderable 
profit. 
Seme paffages in this Mine, cut through the Rock and long 
difus'd, have grown up again 5 and I obferv'd the fides of 
fome , which had been formerly wide enough to carry their 
Ore through, to approach each other, fo as we pafs'd with 
difficulty. This happens in moift places. The paffages u- 
nite not from the top to the bottom, but from one fide to 
another. 
There 
