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CHAP. It is richer in gold than that of any other mine in 
^ all Hungary; but it does not hence follow that this 
is the most productive mine. It is hardly neces- 
sary to state, that the poorest mines have sometimes 
the richest ores; as in the example of the mine 
of native silver at Konigsberg in Norway. Owing, 
however, to the rich quality of the Bakahanya 
ores, they have a method of estimating their 
value which reverses the method of calculation 
used at Schemnitz. The ores of the latter are 
called silver ores; those of the former, gold ores. 
Mode of The miners of Schemnitz calculate that one 
estimating 
their value, mark of their silver contains so many denier s 
of gold : those of Bahabanya, that a certain 
weight of their gold contains so many lotos^ 
of silver. We obtained a great variety of 
specimens, but none of them equal in beauty 
to the minerals of Transylvania ; among others, 
the rare mineral lately alluded to; namely, 
the ductile sulphuret of silver. It is more common 
at Schemnitz. The magistrates of the town ac- 
companied us to see the mine and the works for 
stamping and washing the ore. In these there 
was nothing remarkable, excepting the manner 
of exhibiting the arenaceous gold and silver in 
the wash-houses. This is done by a person 
(l) See the Table of TVcights, &c. at the beginnins: of this Volume. 
