m An ^ a l s * ; I r o n , t h a t m o f t im p o r t a n t a & d j j f^ a iy e r f a l ^ , m e t a l s , i s fo 'u n d 'in
Iron. . a b u n d a n c e , p a r t i c u l a r l y ;.in f fam a o p fe x f ib e - p o r lh e ^ f f^ d e p a r tm e n t s . i^ I n
- i (7 9 ^ . k <was g^m q u fc e d th a t , t j ^ e r ^ ^ ^ m Q p . ' i f u r n a c e s , ? fo s r g e s y ^ c :> f o r
t h e w o r k i ,n g o f irQ q q aq £ l{ fte § ljJ 'V *lti
Coal, T h e coal mit^esf o/-, France vyere at tlje fame ti|&e ;,efl.lmn'.a^ tky^^fe^ ^
conftantly ,wrqp^ht,; a n d ^ '^ ^m o r e capableM^j^g.ing wrought. |K f
* th^fjc.coai. njilfi^es manycgccutj.in thg{prOypj?§§}jyvhi,c h. formerly^b^qnged
to Flinders,, and in B| ^ departments p fi Boulogne» <arxd Lainanch.e.>C$6al
is alfo not unfreguent .ip^the ^entr|;-^i^|f©ath < Nearly« sdjlied
\ (©..coal is je t, anrartic^e formerly o f great cpnlurrvpt|gQ, chiefly ,i;n -.Spain
where it was made ipt(^,rofaries-.*croffe^ J b fattpW,£br ,black dreffesnSdc.11
France was fron^ ti-mp immemorial in p o / f e d f ^ .Qfet^is.-branch,»yyh irh
waSj c e n te r e d ^ ,t,h,ree «villages in .the d e p a r t in g of the Aude, in f c e
S. W Mpf?an(cient Langiiedpc. r In i ^ 6 . i%,emFl®.ysSi*nHure .than-i-aba
workmen; and th e annual Tupply-of, the myjenfbfwas; computed at
f thoufanclquintals, or huqdred weight. . Befides p^p;c®tslto(|SeEmfany,
Italy,jj and']the..Levant, Spain imported tfiqfe jgli^i'annfefilimtes «■«©.fee
annual amount o f x8o;poo livres. Latterly je;t was,. iniret-urra,« imported
| from? |h e ; mines o f Arragon iri Spain, to fupply ;tbis manufacture.* Kuffbt
in - fhe^S» o f France is 'in - b e d s „like coah bdt"motvco^iauf©^tS,;.Md
was foretim es rendered impure by a mixture of pyritesti^il u ^ d lm -
y
Donnerfoerg. (Journal den Mine«, No. 6 p. 70.)] Thejmountaifls^liphicontapifithejftiercury
embrace a djfiria o f ten or twelve leagues in length, S. to Nt frpm. Wo l f f l e i L ^ ^ f e ; .
fwen or eight leagues In breadth,^ being o f a reddifli brown or grey fand-ftone. In this territory,
among numerous mines o f quickfilver, are thofe o f Stahlberg, and Donneriberg, which have been
explored for many centuries. T he gangart is fteatite, barytes, argillaceous rock, .See. adjacent
part o f ih e Palatinate iffo contains limilar mines* parficfifarly ii i'u i j mountain o f Kjtzberg
near the river Gian, compofed o f a kind o f fubftance like kaolin, of- minute;particles o f ‘quartz,
mica, and clay. T he pits in Potzberg are about forty. A t Wolfftein are other mimes of the >
fame rafe^thinerw. ’ T h e mutual ■ pr&l$&of thefc mines maybe e f f im ^ d a S ^ f f l p ! s £g . j . E
mercury; and the revenue, after deducingexpences, liVres. ' N ear at'tbe
.extremity o f the weftera branch o f tl»' Yofges, thgre are mines o f copper and lead, with forae
filver ( lb . * 1 .4 3 , fee. j Ab ou t fix miles to the iouth o f *Trarbacli, the'mountain EcltStberg
difplays Angular piaurefque walls o f quartz, running from E . to W ., 'th l^nhrrn#l|M.%h^R;
being decayed. Many parts .of the Hunzruck, or region between the MozeneandtHeNahevare
covered with blocks o f quartz.
“ Journ. des Mines, Ann. vii. p. 17 1 ,
4
Ibid. Ann, iii. No. 4. p.41.
mohfyfound in ‘a-'kiqdidf ru fty ie a jf^ af.amafhrcolour; and fometimes Mineralo-
•0Q?Ursl%f m’a f ld sM # h «w m g h tiS h ^Q ^ 4aibau'bfive or fix fathom- under | ° r-
B,#d^sj.excelltS^ ifraeftone-^ % en-xipo^qf FamJsficoiatami abundance
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'lbeahsii|jh r^Tibl,est{®'irfla thetektedfiv'ef'<ahd%f (various
t£Lr#itsfcifeh0 fsFEa'nce^Pai-^et5sel4ihjfe^(»Jfl:qnbs-,^^helst^[Ciiai.iuaTinai
thes%ac-jUth,'-,th#diryMiitd| t& d f f t- jf h ’eifapphire. !:
. .Th'Ci^hhf.ihito)dr.a*l watd^ofitEra'nid© ar-d;fhbfe'of'Barrege^£ Bauiifie; MmeraU'
Fprg.QB^jMifihi-.t Bou-ribonne,!? B a k r ^ ^ |©a jth ^ s ^ f. Thet^vajm hath»', o f t Waterstcelebmtf,
dy.fand ■ ih’ergithqf Q u^ ib .e^I^Javjarre lays1' thj^i|eiie,'i©| beBf taleS^
The baths pfi-Bagneres a^c^ih^hei&mejn^ghb'ourbod'di ‘-4
_A;Bjqng'J|he -natural Fraqteb, * ofcthofe ^hjf^ si'wh ieh ^ J iff' NaturalCiw
an >enh§hfka!0d|£^e,%<attehStfepa-rtibula.K\^.bfervvatiCd>B^diha:y'.''b© .named? th€" dofitiesis
fingukrf mountains efj.Auveigra€ al^^dy?ahent£oaed,Ua&te wK^h'. feucM
even M r . bating'- l^wllba-hfejj^butjfestihe? refers t#the!!Vo'rk^
Sfrd|Ff‘hd; 4 t-ds probam^hb^fediifflwassniifled' by th'at'th^ibydticJv^fter.' - TBS
fcehe®yfhqfe- is Kewevehi-foMy
nioft Mav^Bterfe, v^horhatfeipurfuedAh^'-dnalE coute fo i© § d ^ ih fry ^ iM f|lrs '
variegated! road whifeh may hdridiM iheifi hyl ‘Nifmes,1 and ‘Aix, ® i y /
The fountain^ ;q fi^ a« cB fe ,(1qeielDrated!-b^ P ^ rh r& y:1% a ‘>rivit?nfpriii§i|^- v
%Ack |lf ijf f 'c>-na a l^ y e ro - at .the; l#t4©ta ro'dfef dNori
plaipt'-ofiLa«&a%hiP fprtgo|te-nVj v?hi6fe l'ins.in.<Bftyifen,e&/i
thq m«uth»pf {he*RlMn^3;itVTdi;kqs.ith e « m ® ^ l |g |^ ?| ^ I1y '
^ f ^ p t h a t is ^-tb be ?'foji®4 ™ Fra'nc^l p^ipWhaps in '5‘Eil-opte^4^iS%e?
dlaiffe^js|abput;|^v^4g»guj^l%afldtth^ edpt^ftshfeom t
% P ^ 'P f f ^ n ^ ^ ' c f e o Ehglifli access-' If ifc'' 'ent-ff©! ƒ idtefft-porfe^ ,
fliingle, or found •:giavelj,ifQmevof the,ftaries§asflfeFge’:abihe'*^a%'i<5f
nian,^ndUthe' >£hingl| ©ft the^^a-ftrQrq - is'!jyotd'imiore- haifeMsdflifdil>
h^neathitS)^ final! mixti5rb,"iqf! loam' with fragments''o&{ifihfiieyo''I^ilh'e,;
winter'there are1 fcattered »piles';; ©f-grafs, 'w h ic i^ f rom th ^ v a # extehfl op
the