been found here ; and the Tandy fort of
copper ore.
From Conway to Beaumaris are chiefly
blue fhiftus and granite ; and near Bangor
are good quarries of flate.
S E C T I O N XVI.
The Paris Mine,
B e in g now arrived in the ifland of
Anglefea, I Was anxious to fee the celebrated
mine in the mountain of Paris. The fmelt-
ing works firft attraded my obfervation, being
fuperior to any I had feen, and containing
20 furnaces in a very extenfive
building.
The mine is on the top of a mountain
of blue or perhaps quartoze fhiftus, or perhaps
fome might call it a quartoze fhiftus
with Terpentine; ranging from eaft to weft,
about 50O yards in length, while the breadth
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