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MINERALS, MINES,

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M I
M I NI NG:

CONTAINING G
THE THEORY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF

STRATA, FISSURES, AND LODES,

WITH THE METHODS OF

DISCOVERING AND WORKING OF TIN,
COPPER, AND LEAD MINES,

AND OF
CLEANSING AND METALIZING THEIR PRODUCTS;

SHEWING EACH PARTICULAR PROCESS FOR

DRESSING, ASSAYING, AND SMELTING OF ORES.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

AN EXPLANATION OF THE TERMS AND

IDIOMS OF MINERS.

By W. PRYCE, of Redruth in CORNWALL.

Hi ex Terrå Saxofa, cujus Venas sequuti,
Effodiunt STANNUM, &c. Diod. Sicul. Latin Translat.

LONDON:

PRINTED AND SOLD FOR THE AUTHOR,
BY JAMES PHILLIPS, GEORGE-YARD, LOMBARD-STREET;
SOLD ALSO BY B. WHITE, FLEET-STREET; AND J. ROBSON,

NEW BOND STREET. MDCCLXXVIIT.

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