Compendium of British Mining: With Statistical Notices of the Principal Mines in Cornwill; To Which Is Added, the History and Uses of Metals, and a ... Terms and Usages of Mining (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from Compendium of British Mining: With Statistical Notices of the Principal Mines in Cornwill; To Which Is Added, the History and Uses of Metals, and a Glossary of the Terms and Usages of Mining

A prejudice which has prevailed, as to its being extremely hazardous, (perhaps arising from the enormous sums that have been wasted), is principally the result of rashness, the absence of proper information. And the want of proper attention to the pecuniary conduct of the con cerns, especially in large proprietaries, where the losses have princi pally fallen.

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