N K T U R Y -0f
P P p R ^ K v vrib. "
•jq Of, the Metals,? and- Minerals .in Nofway. f, ., ;
, 'Sect. I. O f'th e whies ■ in -general. Sect. II. - Several gold-niih'es formerly
: 1 TopeilidySybut. difiontinued.'.U>#e ciT. III'.; 'Si^eihininestitfdmo^hhneient^limes.
SE.c t. IV. The prefent r at &ngjperg.;S e ct. \ The
j jilvdrr’worksatyarlfegrg. ;Se,ct. Y I . . a
like at Meldel, or Jhykken. ■ S|||t VIII 2 ljo -;a t' ^^uibie.
■ ti-C'rrtX; ■jtiSel8oePi2 i ')^ ^ ! rx i :Fottgda£ AdfiMffoid
| Oedal. Sect. XII. OfiNoimay^rpiidn-'^iiemh S e c*t . XIII.^Account -of
feveral irmi-wm-ks. |Sj E-pT.-.XIV- §ome. leadrpiiyies. . S kct...XV. J^uick-
■ . ■ fille r . Sect- XVI.,. Sulphur. Sect. XVII. Saltj_ Sect. X y ill. Fitriel.
Sect . XIX. SHluw. oKCT. XX. Odkt’ry andJhdsral other kinds o f dyes.
1 S-.E:.e: T: i I. -
r "| A HAjT^tKe 1 apidepm'kingdom^ in, Norway', cbrffiuijis a.Kail
I treafure of “metals and minerals, is not unknown^" eipeci-
ally iAthis century, Whpn tire ^ r e ^ y i g ^ ' a n d fufiooof
'thcLffiTfef,;coppCr','df6m£^
gerhuus' and 'L^pntheimj' employ m a n ^ BbTides
the ‘greaTprofits'accruing n omm em‘toCfieprqpne^sforih^ers,
excluii've alio of the'advantages Coy the pCafants' ‘and ome^Iahcl-
men bybuming charcoal. and Bringing " iffito the Tounberiesffie-
longing to tHo£ "mines. . T hai the ufe and_ advantage oF ffieTSfor-
way fubterrarieous treafures, has/beeri lo. g re a t^m p ro v ^w ith in
the lad hundred years, that the produce has, been, doubled,', is un-
queftionable, and .\vhat. further proffierity it - ffiajl pleafe providence
to grant to the minors,';, for their', difedtidn and continual
grogrefs in thefe dark iubterrarieous traits, where the guidance of
. an all-wife hand a s as feniibly requihte, .,as in. any undertaking
whatever, muft be left to him, whofe providence in its own time,
diilributes to every ^generation thofe bleflings, ,or eftabliffies its
welfare on thofe things of which it Hands moil in need; and
there is not a more ftriking.inffimce than this, of the fuperintfend-
ing wifdom, and.,, (economical goocjncfs of God, throughout, the
whole /j.ftem o f nature. I know not what account to make of
Paraceuus’s pompous prediction, of a golded age to the northern
countries,' affirming that betwixt the fixtieth and feventieth degree
of northern,. latitude, time ffiould difplay a ilore of wealth
m
H 1 8 /T O R Y of < N 0 R W A T .
ffijJpflals,i ;_qyer- the. eail af-
T. fl. '*
in being
m^n cpgftrpc j.t ai^ ac^pnpHihment offfie words of Job, xxxyii. &1
*n the year 1607, when, although
pr^ffiaturelyy^Parae^^is’si golden age was thought to rbe at hand,
a^gpljden. mine bang dj.fco,yered,-( the ffipyementioned words were
ffian V. qn th^offiepp^/TheJ number, of them- however was' incon-
hder^bl^ th*b mjinqv^qn faffing, but in finenefs jhe gqld wa^
^ ^ ] i p g | ^ v HiLndipip^ipgf f iei&f fe! , ,5 >\}
and Berenfep plates,} page that n^r /Wefide,» 01;
in mdWofefe of Chriftianfand. on the, Chti/lophcr
Gios, gold ote was found t ? from which thofe ducats were ilruck,
which the’ foreigners would by no me&is^believe to be of Norway-.
goldje r from -a,;faJ^e , prepoifeffion that hjforway; .affiorded no fuch
m-|cious ^.e^alj ^.oweyer^ Chriflian^ 1^-.jtq avoid the charge of
an oifent^tou^, parade, ip.tJdeeki^g hirpfelf with foreign feathers,
in jhe.year. r B^^^ordered .other ducats-:to Be ilruck of the fame
gpgv which were palled Spedacle-ducats, rthe reverfe-of,them
being a pair, of fpe&acles with this legend, Vide mira domi
The
^d.;c5OTC>t,fgeci^iE§1 place. Si his writings, having oi^ly met with it; ia Scaffer’i
Opland, quoted Jt*&m Turnasus, pnd, it tp’ repeated by Mr.,Petei P gS rOrn , m his
BfeltnpiTOrf of Eaplana.
Anno 1644, Notiijiff. D. Jo. ^igfrid cJe^Lutichau, rel petaHic®, in Nqry. Pra-
fe&is g^neralis, miner a auri invenitrin tradlu Nedenecenfi prope pQttnm Arndalen-
fenVet curiam Barlo, mgram talcofam, ftequ^nttblis fplendentem micis, in. cwjus
Bomtatern cum inquiliviffet, .invenit pondq centejiariurp. ejus. minerte prsebefe,auri
gun (marcas triginta odfo, et mniper centum quadragmta fex marcas argentil_Aliam'TOerius
Venae maflam A'nno 1*646, quae igtijbUs depurata,. ex libra una,** auri
pur®&^raghm'si|
d e l t a s ' et priori magis ad rqtaWem vergit. Addudlae funt ex eodom loco mi-
itidem ex frequentibus granatis prfeghantes, quas, auro fcatere,multi:
exiftirhant.- Hanc mineram Anno 1646» feegi ipfi detexit rufficus quidam Gammel
Grodewyn, »• e. old Grodewyn, “ Sita.focliria eft ad portfum-Marede difttim
( thig muft b'e Mardoe) extra<ftu Nic}rdfierifi lapis quidam arenofqs aiireis Icatens
fcintjllls et granulis fainutisj mtKi, allitus^et talci aujei nigreftehtis fquamvls, ex
quibds aururfr erui" vbhihh^ In atgentifodihis Norv. prope Regiohnontuiri putens'
Brunfwig dnftus, aurum praebef, refert namque E). Normand, qijod A ' 1630, d.. 3.
April, y, marcae et ftx unciae cum dimidia, auri unciam fetnis obtefluent. Ol. Worm.1
in Mulseo, pa^eVri^. 1 1
t Tlftjfe are, doufedefs, theIgord-mih^s meant by.png.'Jacobeus' in his l&Jufseum
Regtum, p. '31, Miners dP® ’ auri e fodinis Norveg.' 'quarum1 una intermixtam libi
' .1jae.t I. . A a a >• habet