John Hams. of M m É | j | j |
James Buller of Moryal, Efq;;
Richard Vyvyan of Trefmarrow, Efq;
John SÈrçyle qf I^enrice, Efqj^
. Stannary of* B k e k^ o ô f,^ '
Honourable Richard Edgcumb Hf^- öS«
George Hunt of Lanhydrok,* Efq; ^
William Trevanion of Gaërhayes, Elq;:i
Philip Ralhleigh of Menabilly; Blq;
Thomas Hawkins bf Trewithen, Efijfj* 1
Nicholas Kempe of Rofteag, E % ^
Stannary of Trevyarnheyl, , }
Honourable Edward Bofeawen. ,
Honourable John Bolcawen. .
John Enys o f Enys, Efq;
William Lemoni o f . Carclew,. Elq; f
Richard Hufley b f Trtïro, Elq;
Reverend Thomas Hear le, A .M .y iç a ro f St^Ech. Penkevil,
. Stannary of Penwith and Kerrier, £
Honourable George Bofcawen, Elq;« '
Robert Hoblyn o f Nanfwydn, Efq;' fpeaker,: deoeâfefcb R
Reverend Walter Borlaie of Caftlehornek. L L. D.
Chriftopher Hawkins of Trewinardy Bfèj;' ' :
Ed. Elliot of Port Elliot,. Elq; S
John Rogers of ' Treaffo, Elq;
; C II A P. ’ XIV.
O f Iron fqund iy GormpalL , \
IN the reign of Queen Elizabeth thçre werg rip içon-qiinës, it is
laid, in all England excepting Gjpc^^|bir,e>i and thofe not
dilcovered many years before; but this was not” for want ofiron,
neither could the difeovery of thefe mines we have
undoubted proofs that the Romans wrought iron-mines in England,
many Roman coins frefh and roygh being found under large heaps
of cinders which were, and are ftill, wrought over again for iron
with good profit, the fiifft meltefs having not fufficiently extraded
the metal from the ore *; and it now appears, that we have numbers
of iron-lodes in lèverai parts of England. There are many in
* See Dr. Mufgraves Antiq. vol. I. page 156. , > 1 Walker’s Dedication to his Account of coins.
Cornwall,
Cornwall, gS] f% t in ;W S ^ i t fin f-an d ) J j | the great
number oh chalybeate fp r in j! |f e y juftfybnfer?; but. not one that
Ehaye* heard, o ^ a tT learn, WQ^ed'a^Jet to^ffed, although in
iome of, them t |e ot% is| vei»ichVC(S i# neai the furface. ^ The
|ruth is; the E n^hh iron^WorSam qot rinly fppnftqdtwith this ore
m greats plterirffom ..the foreMof Bean' ih GlociffcMhire, but
fhere are m a n /m h iront lodes, intEaricalhire, (Bhefhire,; Suflex* and
Derbyshire, an%bfeeQ pabino&iEMgland; In/StaffcbdMk Dr.'Plot
• ^P jgr S i obr<^ es>' ^ b th e re e& a a iran ^ re ^ called Mrife,. fo rich
and fufible th a tc h mpyfbez madetratoi iipa in abOarniiiari <fdt£e . in
Wiltlhire alio,,they have an aropfcote .df ^ua^richnefe.”y k a y iron* is
not only{foun®>lodes in m a h ^ p ^ t ^ f the-ea^yhj!|t; wheh.tbe.
P °d e svhave beeffelidufted', the and
renewed from t h ^ ^ b o y r i n g A ^ fu fp tn i
ed, carried off and'depofited by! common water)? feat'a;,cer|aim minfe
in, Tufcany, after if fs ‘Wrou^tqqqfjb^qpmes, rifl|the Ipachipfithree
years, as .pregnant with, fM a fitijy a s,b e fo re ’. | brings fuch
an abundance-,,of.;,;this mofttulefiif metakilj^where,1 it isf not likely!
that tlj^re will bh any, demahdfTobh .from: other parts? o f .this illand
Ibr th e if on-ore. qf Cornwall*,, neither * can, the, Gornifh, entertkinr any*
reafonahlefeopes, of manufacturing_ it .-in ,'their oWbhbuiity^ at lealb
till wood? for makrn'g. charcoal becomes 'mhre'plhrtty*with* them than
it is ’Jikdy ,tq bd for-forne - geheratioris; and; if’'there' Were Wood! hif-ji
. ' ifcisno ealy matter- to !fet on a manufa<9;ufe/rofi‘ this kind.:
| This- howe^er-is-’no; fenfible dflaidvantage to the* county» ih gehefaiy
our tin^^eppper, .hufbandry, arid fife,** with th k n ecfelSry j bran ohe a '
ofi trade.dcpendant thereon, finding great employ.tab they!are;rhai4-
* aged at prelent, and with .fome*'improvements- (w-hir.hf' mighf. W
eafily introduced) would find ftill more; fo that,:till thefeifefonrees*
1 fail, we feall be under no necefety p f working our iron lqdes;, but
^ is worth our while, m the friean time,^ to acquaint ^ourlelfes’- with
the nature of them better than perhaps We afEfaf prelent Jpfqrrn^d^
for if any iron lode*1 is'W a richnefs equal to that mentioned, bejforijf
it may’prove very proftfabie to the bwnfef,.e^n^as patters, nqW
Hand, efpeaally if fo ntel^ the fea that it may( eafiiyfee‘emqr.te<^
coaft-ways to Briftol and the rwer Severn, to which plac&tfeijis dr'3
frequently obliged ;to go wifeoiiti,dadihg. Again: In Jron-rrynesl^a
kind of ocre is often found, valuable according, to the,different degrees,
of its purity, and riihch f fed by paihters ;tfaad if thisrhappens
, to abound, it will well rewardjthe mirier for railing it, ’ the! heft: wei
have at prefent coming flropi Frahpe.
\ 1 Iron, is found, inj the. pivifes, of Mprvalii- Pi^^page 37—vqI. I. .psge 232,. •&€. f
rja-ftnd, Lanivet, Gwynear, St. Die, Temple, at r- Grew!siMufi,gpa^3^iv
th'e Lizherd-pbint, &c. Woodward’^ .Cat. vol. H i ' • Phil. Trknf. 1740; page 8g, '
When