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[MARC] Author: Johann Friedrich Immanuel Tafel Translator: John Henry Smithson
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50 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [ Doc. 205.
and the same in width, which rests on a pedestal of stone, is
Tt underneath. To this the tile which serves as a cover,
1 which can be taken off and glued on again, is fitted obli
ely. Where this receiver and the tile which is on the top
et, there is a small hole for the smoke. The sulphur
ckles little by little into this receiver, which is emptied
ery sixth or eighth hour. Three times in twenty-four hours
prites is thrown into the retorts, which are exposed to the
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9 e for six hours. It takes two hours to empty the retorts
d replace them by fresh ones. The fire continues to burn
twenty-four hours. The retorts are filled almost to the top
th this pyrites, which consists of larger or smaller pieces.
e sulphur is purified afterwards. The pyrites appears
i the fractured surface granulated and of a shining white
ess; it looks very much like cobalt, or as if it contained arse
, and it is heavy. These works belong to Count von Nostiz.
To-day I crossed over to Falkenau, which is rather a hand
ne town. Count von Nostiz formerly lived there.

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Towards evening I arrived at Bleistadt, which is situated
a very high mountain, and is surrounded by lofty moun
tains. Below, at a great depth, the river flows. The situation
of this town is most delightful. Lead ore is dug out here
which is sold chiefly to Joachimsthal, where it is also smelted.
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August 8. I travelled from Bleistadt to Graslitz, which
belongs to Count von Nostiz, and where are copper and brass
works.* The mines are about a thousand paces from the
town, and are many and various ; but in each mine there is
only one species of ore. The vein has been worked for more
than a hundred years, and the works are still continued ; but
the veins at the present day are not so rich. 1. There is an
ore of a yellow and green colour and minutely granulated ; it
is imbedded in a greyish stone or in a shining slate ; in the
former the vein can be very distinctly seen. Sometimes there
are richer specimens ; these occur naturally in thin layers ;
but there is very little of this ore. The copper can scarcely
be distinguished in it, and yet it is got out of it. 2. The
* A portion of this description has been inserted by the author in his
work: Regnum subterraneum de Cupro, Dresden, 1734, pp. 184, 358.
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