 SPAIN. 149 veins, (kilos del desposorio) of exceeding richness. The argillaceous slime with which these small veins are filled, contains so great a quantity of gold disseminated in impalpable parcels, that the miners are compelled when they leave the...  Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain - Էջ 149Alexander von Humboldt - 1811 - 1687 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1809 - 518 էջ
...parcels, that the workmen were compelled to bathe themselves in large vessels when they left the mine, to prevent any of the auriferous clay from being carried off by them on their bodies. Great quantities of silver were derived from ores, such as antimony, arsenical gray copper, sulphuretted... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1814 - 524 էջ
...to bathe themselves in large vessels, to prevent any of the auriferous clay from being carried oft' by them on their bodies. The silver mineral of Villalpando...frequently contains even eight or ten ounces per load, or 1™ ounces per quintal. It may be of use to mention here that at the Harz, the pyrites of Rammelsberg... | |
 | Edinburgh gazetteer - 1822 - 802 էջ
...of exceeding richness. The argillaceous slime with which those small viens are filled, contains во great a quantity of gold disseminated in impalpable...being carried off by them on their bodies. • The central group of the mines of New Spain, a portion of ground abounding more in silver than any other... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1822 - 544 էջ
...small veins are filled, contains so great a quantity of gold disseminated in impalpable particles, that the miners are compelled, when they leave the...being carried off by them on their bodies. The silver ore of Villalpando generally contains only two ounces of gold per load, (cargo of 12 arrobas); but... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1828 - 628 էջ
...parcels, that the miners are compelled, when they leave the mine nearly in a state of complete nudity, bathe themselves in large vessels, to prevent any...clay from being carried off by them on their bodies. From a general view of the beds in which the metals are deposited in Mexico, it appears that the Andes... | |
 | 1828 - 636 էջ
...parcels, that the miners are compelled, when they leave the mine nearly in a state of complete nudity, bathe themselves in large vessels, to prevent any...clay from being carried off by them on their bodies. From a general view of the beds in which the metals are deposited in Mexico, it appears that the Andes... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1828 - 620 էջ
...parcels, that the miners are compelled, wlien they leave the mine nearly in a state of complete nudity, bathe themselves in large vessels, to prevent any...clay from being carried off by them on their bodies. • From a general view of the beds in which the metals are deposited in Mexico, it appears that the... | |
 | James Bell - 1831 - 778 էջ
...disseminated in impalpable parcels, that the miners are compelled, when they leave the mine nearly naked, to bathe themselves in large vessels, to prevent any...clay from being carried off by them on their bodies. Inferior Minerals.^ Having finished the account of the precious metal*, we now come to what are called... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Farnham - 1846 - 80 էջ
...disseminated in impalpable parcels, that the miners are compelled, when they leave the mine nearly naked, to bathe themselves in large vessels to prevent any...clay from being carried off by them on their bodies. Inferior Minerals. Having given a brief account of the precious metals, we will now notice some of... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1859 - 528 էջ
...parcels, that the workmen were compelled to bathe themselves in large vessels when they left the mine, to prevent any of the auriferous clay from being carried off by them on their bodies. Great quantities of silver were derived from ores, such as antimony, arsenical gray copper, sulphuretted... | |
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