berg,. and the- anceftof s ?of the many thoufarjd^, ajt rpref^jit , giving
there,^ who in procefs of time mixing with the Norvegi^s, „^ch
nation ^.pck this .day perfotidsdivine J-eryice hi, iti^Q^n^^^yage;
but aB arejun^r. the direEtipn and government _qf college of
miners. ,, .This laft however,, has heen,; fubjedt .to^feyeral changes
and revolutions, .the wqrk. having been carried loq^fo^etimep, Jpy a
company of iharers, and iametimes,' as at prefejpi^^' fhe^ing
alone. A .more particular .account, p f thefo flings,, ^ it has i no
necdjary jplation. to my^'grefent defigft, i^ftx.he fo.ujad infP,ajon
Holberg’s nrefent fltate of Denmark and (N<pvay^^and .ipftead
thereof, I fhall fuhjoin fpme phyfical^ remarks, communicate^ to
me, at my defire,perforisof unexceptionable knowlege and
judgment.
„ The firft method ufed for the difcover^,6f kthe mines, -vyasfby
the motion of tpe virgula divinatoria, when itJ(was perpendicular
- over the ore; but this, was- foofftiaid afide, as?fometi^es.miflgad-
ing the fearchers, and occafioning a fruitiejTs labour.,, { T^eyr^hen
followed^he way.difcpyered by-the .Springing of tb^ocks,,;Wmch
was naturally pointed out fby thg^ftrata of .the moi^tainsr j ^ cthe
ftreaks of the. veins. A remarkable particular here,..i^ t^at
whereas in Germany, and Bohemia, the t0rp71feeaks' run north <pjd
fouth, here in Norway their-.diredion.is'eaft and weft,^efficeptrjn
that of Gottdgaye, which departs from this 3'ru|e, ^an.dj, ■ the
courfeofthe foreign mines. Though, fome are of a different ©pi -
mon. herein,-and affirm, that the fineft veins of ore h^da^e,.witho
u t any order or regularity* fo that they qi-jgnpf properly, hej^id
to be of any certain direction. ..The.Kongf^er^-pre islfl^eyvife
different from the foreign in largenefi,' • formation; .ad&^ql^lity,
for whereas the fiber mines in, other parts contain'.* feme,, .though
but a little filveg^ and that logfe and. difperfed, the north|rn
ve&s of IhinfS* a? has been faid, produce mafly lumps or yeip^.or freaks.
s^ pSTiS ju thde we frequently meet with |^ery ^curious lufus tjiaturae^ as .
they are .called, of Several figures; a piece of that pf JCongfberg,
which was in my pofleffion, but. is now in the royal mufeum,
has fbme likenefs to a fhip with mails and fails; and another
winch I ftill have, with the help of. a little imagination, represents
a cock, or Some fuch fowl..' Thefe .folid lumps of filver, s which
are fo far unknown in other parts, that foreigners will believe no
fuch