. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. e than Tvrompense.« the labor. The beflt oltve-oil is produced uearGenoit, in Lurca, in Tuscany, and In Gala-bria; but it is plentiful throughout the whole of /., exceptin Louibardy and iu Piedmont. Minerals. Piedmont is especially rich in metals. In the Coldi Tendu are niiues of lead and silver. The Val d Anuisca isrenowned for its auriferous pyrites, the Vnl di Macagnaga foriLs beds of auriferous schists, and the Val d Aosia for copperpvrites In the serpentine rocks bordering the Gulf of Genoaare rich ores of
. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. e than Tvrompense.« the labor. The beflt oltve-oil is produced uearGenoit, in Lurca, in Tuscany, and In Gala-bria; but it is plentiful throughout the whole of /., exceptin Louibardy and iu Piedmont. Minerals. Piedmont is especially rich in metals. In the Coldi Tendu are niiues of lead and silver. The Val d Anuisca isrenowned for its auriferous pyrites, the Vnl di Macagnaga foriLs beds of auriferous schists, and the Val d Aosia for copperpvrites In the serpentine rocks bordering the Gulf of Genoaare rich ores of copper; while the mnuntuins of Modena ar«filled to their very summits with ores of iron, lead, and silver,and most valuable deposits of copper. The .\pu»n Alps, adja-cent to the Modena chain, and forming the N. frontier of Tus-I cany, are traversed by veins of quicksilver,_niagneiic Iron i I and argentiferous copper and lead ores. The central and Sj districts of Tuscany are e<|ually favored with nietalliferouI positu, ainonjs which the oiioea of Terricio and Castellii de-. Fig. 292. — Arch op SEpmrnis Setercs (Rome). tricts of /., hut not sufficient to furnish materials for their man-ufacture* of that article. The chief product of Italian agricul-ture is the silk. It is produced from every part, and much of itis converted into articles of dress or of furniture whore it is col-lected : but the chief production of it is in f^ardinia. Naples, andLombardy. The value of this commodity exceeds that of ntltheotherproductionsof/. which nreexportcd to foreign coun-tries. The silk manufactures of /. are the most important InEurope, and are one of the great sources of national wealth :the number of spindles employed in silk spinning is about3, Another very important Italian product, which ised pwtly as food, partly employe<I in heand extensively exported as an article of foreisn rothe oil of the olive-tree. It is used as a substitutiin the S., is much appropriated to
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