308 FROM BUKOREST, 
CHAP, rich silver mine at Csertes, telling him, that as he 
V .».. -' constantly observed a flame issuing from, and 
whkrthe" playing upon, a fissure in the Nagyag forest, he 
Svered. ^^^ ^^ opinion that rich ores must be hid under 
ground. My father was, fortunately, adven- 
turous enough to listen to this poor man's 
tale ; and accordingly he drove a gallery in the 
ground which the IValachian had pointed out. 
The work went on some years without any suc- 
cess ; and my father resolved to give it up. 
However, he made a last drift towards the fis- 
sure, and there he hit the rich black and lamel- 
lated gold ores, which were first looked upon as 
iron glimmer, but appeared what really they 
are as soon as assayed by the fire. This happy 
accident caused my father to pursue the work 
to the utmost of his power: accordingly, he 
distributed some shares among his friends, and 
had the work carried on with regularity." 
Descrip- Soon aftcr, other fissures were discovered, all 
running parallel to each other, in the direction 
of the valley of Nagyag^ from south to north, and 
dipping from tvest to east. The veins break off 
as soon as they reach the red slate, with which 
all the valleys are covered. When Born visited 
Nagyag, the mine had only been worked to the 
depth of sixty fathoms : its depth is now one 
tion. 
