pe Metaii. | But Mr. Arnd. Berndfen, M Hs‘book the fHritfolnefs^of
Denmark, and Norway* page 276, plates, E that in tm yt^x
1630, copper and lead-ore were found intermixed at Tellemark;
Cragri Annai. art(f according to Nicholas Cragius, a hundred years before, and
tothesfame country, a like difcovery was made. I have beenlin-
formed by credible perfons, that, near Foffand-houfe, in the pa-
rifh of Strand, befides, the iron-ore, feveral rich veins of lead Have
been found, I lately; had a specimen of lead-bredfent me, which,
upon fufion, proved very rich and good. It came from Ryefylke,
■ not -far from Stavanger. - If the vein* upon farther fearcn, Ihoukl be
found large and anfiverable, it will be found very vvell worth
working. The lead-ore, mixed with filver, belonging to the'di-
ftriit of Helgeland, on the borders of Swedeag^has already- been
mentioned.
Eger, not far from Kongfberg, alfo affords lead-ore, andfofthe
Jarllberg kind; and the proprietors of the copper-work of Oudal,
in the diftridt of Sofoer, have lately* begun to open fofee lead-
mines.
S E C T. XV.
Qaicfefilvëï«
In AâssMed.
et Philof.
Hafnieiif. ad
A: 1.673* yol,
ï i p- lz7-'
Of the other minerals, which are commonly denied the appel-
lationof metals, andoffeveral kinds pf foflHs^ ufedford^infi^d
painting, feme intelligent'perfons inform me that /there are. fome
to be found here and there in Norway, but o&ers nbt.at.all..
Great fearchcs have been, made after quickfilver^ot mercury, *but
hitherto wiffioutluecseß, except at ope place, where it is matter pf
great doubt whether it was originally produced mere. A fowyears
ago, eounfellor Stockfleth, found in a clod of earth near the hdufe
of Viül, as much quickfilver as would have filled a bafon; ||ut,
as after a great deal pf laborious digging and fearching rpp .more
could be found, . it occurred to fome, that this mineral was
not native there, it being poflible that the .qqick.filver of feveral
looking-glafles, deftroyed in a fir® fome time fince, and
thrown thereabouts, might haye run together and coalefced in
this lump of eartkjgThe conje<3,ure of Th. IJartholin, is ftillrmore
uncertain- on the Gramen Offffragum, "found in this, country,
which he fuppofes to be an indication of lead or quickfilver be~
mg contained in the earth where it grows.
3 S E C T ,
;r,(s[,U(s ,E ç .^.,, x v i . S
kà 'Strlphur î isi Kkevs&fofftb be Î ffotHjdtt amddg -our I minés in great .
pfoncy; > but it .is- nd©tiipugln^or6N*^lAgiaadi depurating,, as is
d®iWmti©^tatia3S^èden,7îthfe:iedlandVtlcaii3p;Vf^i^ing/Whole
focrenis pfrfdlphur, *, Which $be
hageâji hrfiiffieienfc quantities? to forvc'all’.the jS##detjfmills;:: which
isitihpîthief demand; for ;it;L 3
adNor-way'affords' înOcVifible' ifalt-rmines ; .. but- near .Fr'edericftadt is Sait,
açfôliffle.. fpTtngj I thcr ’forifèvéral reafons i| is;neglè<ftedf Whether
thjs fpring arifes from-the fea -or-from any- fubterraneOus mine is
Btff/cfcafgthbdghfrom itè diftance of a Niaif^aÿ?ii^fi®ittÆéïba, •
it'^àfl^hardly ,be‘ filppofed; to: derive from thence., I hàvèk already
foôkebf-the fiait, which? in ifevqràk .places . ' isr boiled you t ; of 'fea^ chap. ®
w a te r , • yet ïhalf hère add the'folloWing fjhort,accountiof thp.royal
lalt-wofk'near Tpnfberg^. tp.-be fpuiid in Mr.' îfeHlei’s 'defor1ptibn’Page-!
MTp'nlberg lately ’publilhed.
7r: Ih hii^ajefi^3W^|)Miedr0 fbrdtf ffl^works oféîÆ.
fë bè f<è?èë:eïi> if f thé; pÉëdjnfuîà êf Yaloe^ a '»RIo^a^rriil^Md^T^fcc^
Mîf Triffil1îTb'fifbSigf ^Whfchlin ïhè yëâr^T*!^
ùhdef thé”4 direction Sf fMr.- Vait Beüff of the pri^y-couneik: :ItThàs
tWa refining-Kbufe^, eàbn' fwo itho'üfahd'- feet in length, ^nd 'di-
vïdëd intW fiS:refëfvojiÿi tô'which’the water ’•M*'ëoft!fëyéd®oàt of
thë^ wheel' Worked wj
e’eëh* kdOwî, tMîd’gn;1fronî tRe^rolroîs^^^nMifflartee^^TOnpiRi® S rsâ tiî
phaïnomcna jnay là Mûrier:tâiiié';kresk but. ; ^In7}I;ajd3ngeFI-’ÿrear .Kiekine-
hoHiè, ïfl tkgïparift» of Kinzerwug, îs.a mountain about two hundred fathoms uf
®^fit)«TOém&tiÆwWK|ehv-iaÿ"bîapi^î^:®^f'S:--l|tt3S,’^^9 fe%1®ïîëttd:‘ÿ 8®^
agô:begânft|®iitiand.Separate,; though-then-the. clift was
man cfiaildleap açrofs tü^bùtin timè a'gr\dù,aîlj: ênlaged, toniije.or ten^eîls pupon
flSiRB^giîSifral* of â)^oiMÿ-ïfefftedvS^rfBK*p&Vo'®lâ1 of ffiS^oeüri^Vt'iïiâdSSfa
vow of a yearly offering to Kinz.envüg-çhurch, fince which Vthe.ajopemirc. is laid to
have continued as it was ; baton the other hand, that part ofiffie mountain whicli
KaBBaard the fouth| has funk perpendicularly, and is gradually linking ; this fide,'
as. I myfelf have feen, is .fix or eight ells lower than the other | -whether this be
hür’â’ fÿmptoni^of à1 fùbférrànèpùs-'fîrè4' I will not take'Upon me pofitively to-pro-
npuncçiî -The Turin infor
that thç mountain fear the lîkç S B y , -;'
Very -ilpyu^Màpêfliion %PFt^ïftibWhlshslîte^'d:l^^ftHeil:a l fw » *
the.çou:ntry, and occafioàedj the people -to expeft feiy éruptions, ,'like ïhofedfpmpünt
Ye&yipij,, ’
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