. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 2 Miles. Harz, the water being sucked up by fissures. The elevated mosses fortunately retain a large quantity of moisture, and, like the glaciers of the Alps, they regulate the flow of the rivulets. The Harz abounds in mines. "Whilst the hills bounding the Weser princi- pally yield salt, the more elevated mass of the Hercynian Forest has been famous for ages on account of its mines of silver, lead, and iron. The Harz is one of the oldest mining districts of Germany. The argentiferous ore of Rammelsberg, near Goslar, is said to have been discovered towa
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 2 Miles. Harz, the water being sucked up by fissures. The elevated mosses fortunately retain a large quantity of moisture, and, like the glaciers of the Alps, they regulate the flow of the rivulets. The Harz abounds in mines. "Whilst the hills bounding the Weser princi- pally yield salt, the more elevated mass of the Hercynian Forest has been famous for ages on account of its mines of silver, lead, and iron. The Harz is one of the oldest mining districts of Germany. The argentiferous ore of Rammelsberg, near Goslar, is said to have been discovered towards the close of the tenth century, and already enriched the neighbouring towns during the eleventh. It was the miners of the Harz who became the instructors of those of the Saxon Ore Mountains. In 90
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