. The earth and its inhabitants .. . , 50 Miles or even peat beds, and according to Ludwig lakes are concealed beneath such thick layers of turf that carriage ways cross them without danger. The region of the Middle Urals, which has been most exposed to the action of the weather, has also acquired the greatest importance from its mineral wealth. Since 1815 gold associated with platinum has here been mined, besides which there occur whole mountains of iron and other metals, especially copper, nearly always embedded in Permian formations. But the gold is sought not in the granite or serpentine r
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . , 50 Miles or even peat beds, and according to Ludwig lakes are concealed beneath such thick layers of turf that carriage ways cross them without danger. The region of the Middle Urals, which has been most exposed to the action of the weather, has also acquired the greatest importance from its mineral wealth. Since 1815 gold associated with platinum has here been mined, besides which there occur whole mountains of iron and other metals, especially copper, nearly always embedded in Permian formations. But the gold is sought not in the granite or serpentine rocks themselves, but in the fragments scattered over considerable tracts, probably by glacier action. On both sides of the range the Perm, Orenburg, and
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