tukv^intt^denJbdKbk tetoribusafefb mquafiiuml i ¥eitajn,,^tuin
initia fodinaitun l^tH f\keriot ioperae pretimin:i diu >tarnen 'hQEi :a4“
pjodi^ ^(^mioiiNaim ikt pauci&arinis rex fatilgatus^/u^pfibus
IHi ri^haififa<febgafibus ccpteimidiftruefie. . Cawfa fesbat}^ ^od
Cmaimbat tairtufcn j aquse-,a "fca vends tterrae,. ut> penetrari, qubjneegffe
pflefi, ^jjeTubmergendii periculp/non potuerit.;
AJfeEward^, page ;^8a, ad an. 1,5.45, he ipeak,? of another ;tu-
mult ^iH^ppppfitjon tp the opprefiiye yiqlationsof ,the libertiqs of
the pea&jj§ on,accppnt oftheteines* It fi; pcdfihldtfital trip fipne
tufbul^t ^fpifit with which -atuthaj;. time, .:jm4epr|thd.iprpleh(3fJ,pf
chrifhan) liberty, ; the peafants in. Germany were animated to take
armauggpifi tl^iy riiperiors, in their. fampu§ jiaiftic wajt;,. mighj: alfo
have ipread, g&jjg ipfe<9ipn. here; though, pithing ^certain can be, advanced
on this, head.
ar;jEp3TOfrh,, rikewife, a 0ver-mipe,w||a vvorkpd atf^eddemark,
which according, tq the appount of A. Bemdien, in the year 1630,
yielded,, a flpne o f fine filver, and. gave hqpes of. opening more
grooves in that country, but nothing further has been heard of if.
Likewifc in .Bgqr, and Tefepwkj filver-ores have beenpfpund
prqdudj^dght ounces., apd a half qTpqre j^ypr per quintal« //Q f
btheffconjedtmes, andreports o f filyer^ore difeovered iniRve|kAt,
Hardanger, Sundfiord^ and qther. northern provinces, there.ispnn
fpeakirig pofitiyely, till they have undergone the„ e^aininatipj^.Qf’
peifons verfed in thofe, matters^ nothing beingi more common here
than upon a peatant’s growing fuddenly^richina: wWper .flies teput
that he has. round a rich ore, and conceals it for his pj^ private
profit, though this is generally no more than the fuggeftion of
envyl. That near Solein in the manor of Layigen» on the borders
of Sundfiofd,,there is a river in whiefijs fQuqd the fqorige pf fiiyer-
orp, l have unqueffionable information from the; prefeht. minifter
there, Mr. Thomas Sommer; m a letter of the 16th of Odtober,
1750'. ' There j l fikewile a dubious report concerning fuch. a fiver
inoiihdm^rj’ in' me paplh of Oerikoug. An exhausted filver-
mine in the parifhof Ranen in the government of Helgeland,
has alio long been talked or, but this was only copper-ore, and io
poor, as heyer to requite phe enarge andlaboux;. However, at
the inland extremity of this diftri£t,op,the borders of Sweden, is
a mine containing both filver and lead-ore, and difeovered by the
1 !" Swedes
Suèdes in’ fife Taft cehtuty, blit fince, by order of the lord, of
Aluen; dbhiPlifiied by the NOrVegiaiis; hdt’ td'mention, that frbm
its htuatfon it Was dffienffi to be wrought. LikéWife feme cop-'
pér-orfe has been" found'1 with mixtures of fiivér, ds that lately difeovered
at Odal, where, in thé gfberife called Langaafen, every
quintal of dtp yfefih fixiy dr 'feVerity pound,s of capper, and font
ounces of filver iflferibfited/ but lefs in other patts.
I without dwelling anjK-ldhgfei on thefe, I {hall proceed to r
giÿè am authentic atCOurit'bf thé' tWbrlbh filvèr-dre works, which
arë ' iïdw eafrying Oil, ltd the vaft ttdVanfdgh'bf the foveréign and
community; and thefp are thé Works of Kohgfberg and Jarefoerg.
iv.
- Thé fifft mine which Ifes néari Sandfwerd in Numèdàlé; four The prefer
NPtWdy riiifes from Drdriirneri, isdrat pyefetit, fd thé Béfi of-myW^t“2
knoWÎegfe, the inoft confidemhle and pf the gteateft prdfit bf ânÿ>KonsIber£
ih "Ehropfe; and ill iéfpeét ttf |>ûfê fnafljMilyer véiiis,- quite M#-
Hauftible, wBeiéàfc fhè German filVëf-çhëhs ih a’gftït meafurfe in-
yifible, and muft be Cxtrafted frbm the lêaâ àhd edpp^èfi in which'
it # c®hceâled‘. This Work began in the year i 6&3,'ând was
tfi&overed in the fôiîbwi'ng iliahner; tWt) peafants/ by name Ja^'
ebb; nnd GhriftophCr Gfôfwàltdi attending?" their cattle on thbfe
fleëp1 mountains,' Which fepàrate Tëlethark frbm Numedal, found
thé firft filvér-bré in fotae lapidebiis fragments fallen frète the
mdtetSny and which "by way.of paffiine tht^nfed' to fhfdw at
one andthètj when they hedfd a jin^lirfg ’fcftiîld î dhë metallic fub^"
fiance it yièlded-théy‘ ïth'âginèd-to bê lead, arid çktfyiflg it'hefiàié/-
atfe'mped to mbft .ft hitq btilletsj brittbnkj arid the-like, bu’f tfièir
fufloh not rightly-ftrcCdedirig, they fold their fibre to a goldfinith •
of Tprifbferg, who ufed to fell hi& goods aBdut die Country. Hê
irifdfacted' the govetrirrient of it, arid the affair bèirig ■ Md beforb'
tfig king, Orders WCte given for a further furvéy of tfiofe paftsy
whfch '#ak attended With fuch ftifcéèfs, that-at a fmall dtffafice •
from à chürch which theft flood there, befides the rich' Véifis bf
fitrftey^ lüriip of prirè" rtiaiiy filvCr of a pbiirid weight Was' found.
Hereupon Ghriftiân the'fourar/ wk^pleafed to give hisuianW tb thé *
fifil gïoOve, and"* friîriék Wëte 'féné. fof frote Germàriy: Th'èfe
Wetfe thé firfl inhabitants .bf’ the rie%'built iriine-town of Rdngf- •
Târt I. - i B b b ; berg, '