[as*] 
{ of which yet perhaps there is not fb great danger , as one may 
imagine 3 as far as 1 could find by a Trial, I purpofely made 
in a Groove , where I was fure, there wanted not Iron-Gre.) 
And what other wayes may be ufed to dire<ft Miners without the 
help of a Load-ftone ? 
43. How the Miners deal with the Rocks and Sparrs ,; they 
often meet with , before they come at the Ore ? Whether they 
ufe Fire to foften , calcine, or crack them ? How they employ 
it , and with what meafure of fuccefs ? 
44. What wayes and cautions they ufe, to free the Mine 
and fecure the Work-men from the inconveniencies and dan- 
ger accruing from the ufe .of much fire in it ? 
45. What Inftruments they ufe to break the Rock &c <? And 
how thofe Inftruments are conducive ; and how long they Iaft > 
4 6. How the Mine-men work 5 whether naked or cloathed > 
And what Lights they ufe to work by 3 what. materials they 
are made of, what meafure of light they give 3 how long they 
Iaft 3 and by what wayes they are kept burning in that thick 
and foggy air ? 
47. How Veins are follow’d, loft , and recover’d ? And how 
feveral Miners work on the fame Vein? And what is the beft 
way of getting all the Ore in a Vein , and moft conveniently ? 
48. How they convey out their Ore 3 and other things, that 
are to be carried out of the Mine? Whether they do it in 
Baskets drawn up by Ropes, or upon Mens backs 5 and if this 
laft-named way 3 what kind of Veftels they ufe formatter, 
fhape, and capacity? And whether the Work-men deliver 
them one to another 3 or the fame Work-ifcen carry them all the 
way ? And whether the Diggers defeend and afeend by Ladders 
of Wood, or of Ropes, &c. 
About the Fifth Title. 
49. Whether the Ore runs in a Vein 3 or lie difpers’d in 
fcatter’d pieces 3 or be divided partly intp a Vein , and partly 
into loofe mafles 3 or like a Wall between two Rocks, as it were 
in a Cleft 3 or be interfpers’d in the firm Rock , like fpeckled 
Marble ? Or be found in Grains like Sami or Gravel 3 as ftore 
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