A short time ago I had a small piece of this ore given to me; not having the neces-reagents at hand I could not say whether or not it contained silver. It i very heary for its size, when would mak one think that it contained some argent! ferous ore of lead, and there was also a n of iron being present. Numerous bright specks showed themselves, but these were pro nice.
Not very far from Paoan is a hill that is supposed to contain gold. It has no gold in it, but contains an excellent iron ore, what the Chinese consider as gold being spots of mica. The hills around here abound in coal, some most excellent in quality, some of the finest howse coal 1 have ever seen. The mines are very crude affairs, and yield very little coal. The great difficulty is water. Many these mines are very rich, having big seams of good coal. but there being no proper pumping appliances at hand opera-ions have to be abandoned.
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