The before quoted authentic writer Mn A. Berendfen, iifthe fame
place, fays, that a large fpecimen of the gold ore found on the
fide of Agde* being fent to Copenhagen, the conclufion was, that
it would barely anlwer the expence of working it; upon which
it W^s difoorttinued. * The like nky bfekid of that fmall-h|imre
éf gold, which is often feerr, trot drily in-the. Norway-fiîver,' but
even in the' copper, The. charges of Separating and refining it,
leaving no prólpeét of further advantage; and therefore the work
is negle&ed. However, toy fubjedt being rather the nature of
things than foebenefits of them, I flmft here take the liberty tî>
conttadiâ- a writer, in other refpeéb of the higheft meritj Imean
the celebrated Aleyfius, Count Marfîlli, whôlè^orks' hard ^ined
him Rich an extenfive reputation, who feys, that hungary is the
only country where filver is. found intermixed with gold ; of
which our miners know the contrary *.
. jS E C T. III.
As to the northern filver-mines, which are unqucftiohably one
of the greateft diftmâions of this country, I muflpremife, that
exchrfive of thofe at prefent in work, namely, R onfoergarff jkft-'
foerg, feme were found formerly, and more of late, But have not
been rightly fearched, or the working of them has Been difcori-
WbW materiam, quse qöartzum -metallurgis appellUtrfr, àjtera pyiitfs fp?ôiemj-quæ
kifc's Yulgo dicitur, A. 1644, rei metallic« in Norvegiasp|æfeétus‘ mînefa’îfr'quoque
ayrLm traâu Necnecenlj ’j this. mull; be Nedenecenfl.) prope,portam, An\dalea&m
fhyenjt nigram et talcofam referejite Wormio. Here I add, from goaa^mfbr.mltion
tharlfeme years fince, rperibiis ,lMlled% aiding,; -were by hisrtajefty’s^ iil* fëni tq
Fmpaark a . examine into the truçh of a jeport, thatthe^iverj ofhérwlfe îÉmeus for
its ij&non-fifltery, toil a kind óf gold^fand « ’»it* bottom like the BTîgéï- in Africa}.
But it was found to be atniftake, this ibppofed gold‘being only pafufcksof'fulphur,
of a good luftre,; blit of ho-value.; But about two years ago, a cbflftd'erable quantity
oT little.bits of gold were, found near the diftrift of Sàlten, in Nordlaml,:i àiiioiio-
a heap of ftohes near Konfvüg, formerly the palace ofa petty prince ; this' having
been magnified by reporr, Orders were given for further féàïéh, but: thefe were alfo
found not to be of the natural produce of that' fpot where they were found, nor of
any other in this country, but had been left there, fomé ages fincej' by the .Inhabitants
id * 01« times ; for they wëft little golden Images, but made with a more than Gothic
fimplicity;' unqueftioftably ffie.-tKe.Simulacra aurea Bornholmenfîâ,'",:treated d£
By Jacob rôti Menen, arid Çlïriftopher Democritus; three fiich piecef. are in' a y
pblfeffion ; the-gold Iâ 'nor the beft, and the figures are thin’ 1 ’i with golden
iinagçs on them, one is of about the bigneft'iqf a fihger’s joint, another bigger, .arid
themrd left, the fjrft, has on thejupperpart; a wheef'with a ring in it.
' * Hac igitur gaùdec prærogativa Hungariæ.règnuàj; qiiód fcflket in tot regioni-
bus, nempé Bohemia; Sïxóniis' Ihifye fêptenmörialiBiiVlócis argentum folummodo,
n'on vero. nöbili focietate. sftuia metalli (de auro fermo eft) locu'pletatur. Secus. véro
in Hungaria. Danub. JPanon, Myfic, lo in , II. p, 107'.
tinued.
jhnuedr Of this kind are the feveral old mines in upper Telle-
toaster lot^rovei^inira»'' with mofs and grafs, but which were
formerly wrought in the fame manner as thofe of Kongfberg.
They are mentidueeb byJBaron Holberg, in his prefent ftate of
Denmark and Norway,: afidaS he is iqf opinion that they are of
-very ancient date, he exprefltes foxxie furprke, that not the leaft
mention is made qf them by hifforians* fiifoe by their remains,
they appear to have been a work of vaft charge and extent, perhaps
fidt iniWfop:fo ariy of the filveii-WUrks in Konglberg. This
eompkint of the Baron’s E the mote exoufeabk; ;as at the foil
publication of his book, foe Annales Nie. Kraggei, which had long
kih dormant, Ikd mot yet feen foe light, But- there he Would
have- 'feeft- that thefe deferred mines were of rio-Mger‘ftanding
than the reign of Chriftian III. and worked1'at the * expehfce of
that monarch; but the Norway-peafants raffing'k* tumult agaipft
the Saxon, miners, to whofe command they would not fiib-
ihft, as freaking a foreign' tongue, ‘foiwhicf! fofoe^fere capitally
riuniffieid; ahd' likewife on account of foe floods which broke out
fiorn thd caveftM, tin® work was fdon delerted, -at "^very great
lofs. The words’ of the aforekid Nicv Kmggei, concerning foil
affair, in his Vita Chrfft. III.
.as* follows: ‘^'Cbeptum eratfupcriore .anpo In Tilemftrchia, pro-
vinCia Ndrvdgiaj^e vifceribus teitae, argenti, cupri et plumbi me-
taffa eraere, ac probata materia, Eledtori Sax;on«e ahilque ejus rei
jlfe?ftis, ad qhem fuper hoc ‘ifegotfum aliqudtfes Saturn, magua
fpe arcefotaj.-dS Mifoia operse^ .et *
ftigoto Baggoni, irtde Antonio Brufchio, qioderatore qperarum
^ 1 ^ ^ ^ : ^d^manitates ’ indiilf^, pfdiit m^c^ins rnaf-
nicis turn jura* cohSita, quibug operas fegerentur. Nihilominus ta-
men tllae rufticis ahutentes infolentiUs agebant. Eo xpagis dolebat
hiilem, quod prater
: Simul qtita res erat c»m hominibus, qyibufcum nqllo lin-
gns commercio tam brevi familiaritas iintereedqre pdtuit, alienati
magis ammi. Itaque coicrunt aliqui paroeciarum ruftici, lit ope-»
^ tes aut affi^erent, aui ’Ss locis expellerent. Sed ptulantia ip-
foram a ptafidibus, quo^dixi, refrenata, Ac pahci quidam poft,
mandate ’regis, extremo foppliciq affediv reliquisalia mulda jrro-
^ a^ Iproht qui%e' culpa affinis, auf a noxa immunjs reperiebar
tur,