Scenery, Science and Art: Being Extracts from the Note-book of a Geologist and Mining EngineerJ. Van Voorst, 1854 - 323 páginas |
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... called ) consists of a series of beds of coal dipping heavily to the north , reposing on the schists and gneiss or granite of the Aveyron district on the south , and covered up almost immediately , first COAL AND IRON OF AVEYRON . 15 ...
... called ) consists of a series of beds of coal dipping heavily to the north , reposing on the schists and gneiss or granite of the Aveyron district on the south , and covered up almost immediately , first COAL AND IRON OF AVEYRON . 15 ...
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... Tarn , a small village called Le Minier , close to a very remarkable lode which has evidently been opened and extensively worked . The houses of this village , now occupied by the poorest class of peasants , are 22 22 FRANCE .
... Tarn , a small village called Le Minier , close to a very remarkable lode which has evidently been opened and extensively worked . The houses of this village , now occupied by the poorest class of peasants , are 22 22 FRANCE .
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... called the Pays de Causse , but distinguished more conveniently as the limestone plateau . Forming part of this group of deposits , which are nearly horizontal over a great part of the range , are the iron ores of Mondaluzac already ...
... called the Pays de Causse , but distinguished more conveniently as the limestone plateau . Forming part of this group of deposits , which are nearly horizontal over a great part of the range , are the iron ores of Mondaluzac already ...
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... called the Tour magne , now in ruins , rising almost like the fragments of a huge and lofty glass - house , and belonging to that rather extensive class of old buildings , some specimens of which are found in most countries of Northern ...
... called the Tour magne , now in ruins , rising almost like the fragments of a huge and lofty glass - house , and belonging to that rather extensive class of old buildings , some specimens of which are found in most countries of Northern ...
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... called the Pont du Gard is certainly the most remarkable . It is a construction of almost Cyclopean grandeur , crossing a wild valley some twelve miles from Nîsmes , and evidently in- tended to convey a supply of water to the town ...
... called the Pont du Gard is certainly the most remarkable . It is a construction of almost Cyclopean grandeur , crossing a wild valley some twelve miles from Nîsmes , and evidently in- tended to convey a supply of water to the town ...
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Scenery, Science and Art: Being Extracts from the Note-book of a Geologist ... David Thomas Ansted Visualização integral - 1854 |
Scenery, Science and Art: Being Extracts from the Note-book of a Geologist ... David Thomas Ansted Visualização integral - 1854 |
Scenery, Science and Art: Being Extracts from the Note-book of a Geologist ... David Thomas Ansted Visualização integral - 1854 |
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abundant Algiers Alpujarras Amposta appears Aubin Aveyron bands basalt beauty beds Berja Cagliari chain character Cheliff Cherchel chiefly Chiffa coal coal-field coast coloured commenced considerable consists constructed copper crossing cultivated Délémont deposits distance district east Ebro elevation entering exist extending extremely feet France French gorge gossan granite ground hills houses inhabitants interesting interior island Kanawha kind labour land less limestone lode lofty Madrid Mediterranean miles mineral mines Moorish mountains Mouzäia natural nearly numerous obtained occasionally occupied Ohio oolite passing peculiar picturesque Pittsburg plains Porrentruy present principal Pyrenees pyrites quantity quartz range reached remarkable rich ridge rising river road rocks Rodez Roman Sahel sandstone Sardinia scenery schists seams seen shales side Sierra Nevada soon Spain Spanish stream surface Tarragona Tenez tertiary thickness tion town tract traveller valley various vegetation veins village walls whole
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Página 292 - The ore in both cases is an auriferous pyrites, occurring in a whitish or white schist. The vein is worked at a depth of 90 feet or thereabouts, but has been proved to 160, and remains uniform. It yields about 6 dwts.