 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 546 pages
...general very large, and rich in ore, and have rendered Cornwall famous in all ages. There have also been sometimes found a small quantity of gold and...metalline ores are intermixed large quantities of mundic aud arsenic. Many forts of stones are also found here, particularly the moor-stone, which is used both... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 pages
...general very large, and rich in ore, and have rendered Cornwall famous in all ages. There have also been sometimes found a small quantity of gold and...of notice. With the metalline ores are intermixed l;n vt- quantities of mundic and arsenic. Many sorts of stones are al»o found here, particularly the... | |
 | Rev. Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - Natural history - 1818 - 566 pages
...general very large, and rich in ore, and have rendered Cornwall famous in all ages. There have also been sometimes found a small quantity of gold and...ores are intermixed large quantities of mundic and arsenit. Many sorts of stones are also found here, particularly the moor-stone* which is used both... | |
 | Geography - 1821 - 768 pages
...mines of tin and copper aro numerous, and in general very rich in ore; and there are some of lead. With the metalline ores are intermixed large quantities...appears more beautiful than any of the marble kind. In many cavernous parts of the rocks are found transparent crystals, called Cornish diamonds. The king's... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - Natural history - 1821 - 538 pages
...general very large, and rich in ore, and have rendered Cornwall famous in all ages. There have also been sometimes found a small quantity of gold and...sorts of stones are also found here, particularly the moor-stone, which is used both in buildings and for mill-stones. Its natural composition is very... | |
 | Richard Brookes, William Darby - Gazetteers - 1827 - 904 pages
...and are in general, very rich in ore; these have rendered this country famous ¡n all ages. There has been sometimes found a small quantity of gold and...sorts of stones are also found here, particularly rooorstone which is used both in buildings and for millstones ; when polished, it appears more beautiful... | |
 | Richard Brookes - Geography - 1827 - 756 pages
...tin and copper are numerous, and in general very rich in ore ; and there are some of lead. With the ores are intermixed large quantities of mundic and arsenic. Many sorts of stone are also found here, particularly moorstone, which is used both in building» and for millstones.... | |
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... these, for the most part, consist of two sorts, one of tin, the other of copper ; those of tin are very numerous, and are in general very large, and rich in ore, and have rendered Cornwall famous in all ages. There have also been sometimes found a... 