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 VI. On the Veins of Cornwall.

By, Member of the Geological Society.

isit to the county of Cornwall in the year 1800, the inducements to which were the objects of mining and mineralogical inquiry, afforded me many opportunities of conversing with practical miners. The subject was new to me; and it was with considerable pleasure that I listened to the many striking and interesting facts detailed by men ever ready to communicate the information they possess, and whose minds, as repeated visits to the County have since confirmed to be their characteristic, are habitually disposed to industrious ingenuity. It may well be supposed that the foremost of these subjects was the nature and peculiarities of veins, or as they are technically termed, loads, or courses. Having learned that the run, or