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MINE!, METALS, AND GEM*. 
’Z/KJ x»iina 3 > mrt±Ax^of — • 
tlie mountain between Konigsberg anti the (!>*,; 
but extends its veins for several miles through 
jacent districts, in consequence of which '■ 
jaccllt UISLIMJLS, ill <^UU3C^4lltlAVV !-»A »T**»w*- - 
been undertaken in several places, and prospet 
One of the richest and most ancient o u>. 
named “ Old God’s blessing,' 
week, yielded several h 
ore. The astonishing depth of this mine, w 
tJi« 
has sometimes, 'I' jjt 
of a week, yielded several hundred pounds f ii*!, 
-'5 
rhicU>*b*' 
ore. j ijc asi.uijioiiiug ,. n^r, 
than a hundred and eighty fathoms perperidi*^ 
mind of the beholder with amazement ; and 
ference at the bottom forms 
clear space of 
dredsof fathoms. Here tlie sight of thirty ej 
— a J 
burning on all sides in this gloomy cavern, 
UkUlilllg rtli BH-lWa lil lAAAO v.w,x,...-y , 
fed to soften the stone in the prosecution e 
UXUCll me OLV/il^ AAA L4-J\^ gj3^^* 
seems, according to the notions commonly 
an apt image of hell v and the sw'arms oi mi . f 
■.K , ^ accord" f#) 
rtll iAXAClg!./ V^A AAV^AA CttlXA »**>.' X' "* ■ * 
w'itli soot, and bustling about in habits a^co . 
, _ .. 2. II so m«ry. 
several employments, may well pass for 
spirits; more especially when, at a given 
• - be sprung in this or tliat direction, « 
Berg -li vet, berg-livet T«ke 
lives. 
'J 
The goldmines of Cremnitz lie forty^di'j|^jj,ey 
y. 
tlie Carpathian hills ; and twenty miles 
are the silver mines of Shemnitz. jpfJ’ ' 
mining towns ; and tlie former is the prif ‘ ]!> 
ores being found in what is styled metallic roc jj. 
also produce a certain proportion^ of sily®‘’j£^ ot y 
bdside enriched by a mineral peculiar to its^ ^ 
least, which has ’ ’ 
least, wiiicn lias not hitherto been ‘f^dover® J 
namely, tlie opal— a gem prefened to aU 
oriental nations. The opal mines are situated ^ 
wheie they are found in a hill consisting a 
- - ,Kf'/ 
a hill consisiing 
porphyry, a few fatliomS beneath the 
produce is of various qualities, from th® 
or semi-opal, to the utmost refulgence ot th 
by which this noble gem is distinguished. _..,ni‘^'i/ 
Transylvania and the Bannat conta'd ore-‘''7i 
valuable niuie-s, consisting chiefly of grey g°*.;,,niaf’, 
gold ore. The finest gold is found at 
from Zalathna, intermixed with gravel a® 
