. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. g. Gold washings occur in almost eveiyprovince, but especially in. the district of Minas Novas,.200 mdes north of Ouro Preto, where the metal is found ingrains or nuggets in a cascalho of quartz pebbles, oftencemented into a conglomerate by iron oxide. They arecarried on, however, in the rudest and most irregular way,and with more modern appliances might prove very remun-erative The gold of Brazil is always alloyed with silver, and thismetal is present in many of the galenic formations whichare known in
. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. g. Gold washings occur in almost eveiyprovince, but especially in. the district of Minas Novas,.200 mdes north of Ouro Preto, where the metal is found ingrains or nuggets in a cascalho of quartz pebbles, oftencemented into a conglomerate by iron oxide. They arecarried on, however, in the rudest and most irregular way,and with more modern appliances might prove very remun-erative The gold of Brazil is always alloyed with silver, and thismetal is present in many of the galenic formations whichare known in almost every province, as well as with thecopper in the mines of Rio Grande do Sul. At the hiU ofAra(;oiva, in the municipahty of Sorocaba in Sao Paulo,silver was extracted nearly two centuries ago. Rich minesof mercury occui- in the province of not far fromthe capital. Copper is abundant in the provinces of MattoGrosso, Goyaz, and Minas, near the capital of Bahia, irMaranhao and CearA, but chiefly in Rio Grande do Sul,where at Santo Antonio das Lavras, in the municipality of-.
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