Political essay on the kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 3Longman, 1811 |
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... veins of gold and silver , even when they exhibit on trial but small indications of abundance . Such is the attraction of those precious metals which by a general convention have become the representatives of labour and subsistence . No ...
... veins of gold and silver , even when they exhibit on trial but small indications of abundance . Such is the attraction of those precious metals which by a general convention have become the representatives of labour and subsistence . No ...
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... veins of San Juan de la Chica ; but the effects of so praise - worthy a zeal were only of short duration ; and the peace of Amiens put an end to undertakings which promised to give to the labours of miners a more useful direction for ...
... veins of San Juan de la Chica ; but the effects of so praise - worthy a zeal were only of short duration ; and the peace of Amiens put an end to undertakings which promised to give to the labours of miners a more useful direction for ...
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... vein of silver . In the present state of Mexico , the precious metals occupy almost ex- clusively the industry of ... veins exceed in richness all that has hitherto been discovered in other parts of the world , I resided for more than ...
... vein of silver . In the present state of Mexico , the precious metals occupy almost ex- clusively the industry of ... veins exceed in richness all that has hitherto been discovered in other parts of the world , I resided for more than ...
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... veins of extraordinary wealth and extent ? What is the quantity of precious me- tals annually extracted from the mines of Mex- ico ? And what proportion does this quantity bear to the produce of the mines of the whole of Spanish America ...
... veins of extraordinary wealth and extent ? What is the quantity of precious me- tals annually extracted from the mines of Mex- ico ? And what proportion does this quantity bear to the produce of the mines of the whole of Spanish America ...
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... veins ; they cut galleries and dug pits of communication and ventilation ; and they had instruments adapted for cutting the rock , Cortez informs us in the historical account of his expedition , that gold , silver , cop- per , lead ...
... veins ; they cut galleries and dug pits of communication and ventilation ; and they had instruments adapted for cutting the rock , Cortez informs us in the historical account of his expedition , that gold , silver , cop- per , lead ...
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