382 MINES OF SCHEMNITZ. 
CHAP, thousand hammers, each hammer stamping daily 
» 'y three quintals of ore; and they are worked 
every day in the week, excepting Sunday. 
Expense of ^he whole exDcnsc to Government of workinof 
Govern- i O 
"lent. these mines is estimated at 50,000 florins per 
month ; and the profit, clear of all expense 
for the same space of time, amounts to 12,000 
Average florius. The avcra^c value of the ore of 
valueofthe ^ 
Schemnitz Schemnitz is thus rated : a quintal (cwt.) of the 
ore contains from^t;e to ten lotos of silver; and 
one mark of the silver, from three to six deniers 
of gold : but this is liable to very considerable 
variation. 
In the evening of this day (May 17) we 
visited Baron de Sldgen, who, by making ap- 
plication to Count de Sporck, the nobleman 
entrusted with the care and education of the 
two young Princes, obtained permission for us 
to accompany them into the Mine of JVind- 
schadt, upon the following day. 
May 18. — We rose at six o'clock; and at 
seven were presented by Count de Sporck to 
their Highnesses the Archdukes. The elder of 
the two, the Archduke Anton, asked many 
questions about our travels; in all of which 
he displayed a very considerable degree of 
