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Germany, the most ingenious and perfect methods are in use, for bringing the ore safely, and at the least possible expence, through the ordeal of refinement. Formerly, it is well known, that nearly all the quicksilver employed in the operation was crificed. Now it is mostly pre

productive mines are overflowed, which might be drained by the use of proper inachinery. In other parts, where the ground is rich in metallic wealth, no skill or science is displayed in searching after the ore; but hosts of needy adventurers are collected, as if for mere plunder, who

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