1 ■ belief is based upon th' general
nteumlanee of the veins in the mineral
d»ir;c<t> of Europe and Great Britiau to om
own
Many of thosa feature* which are no:
obm us to the mer<- theorist and w hich con
flitute the resemblance between these dis
tant metallic deposits are repealed to tin
s-archiug -crut iny of minds w!»o have train
eJundergtouudfroui childhood,and laugh*
to watch every change m the vein as it pro
gasses or deepens, ihroughthe rock.
Let any one enquire of those miners who
are most intelligent, experienced an i best
tisii.cd, and nit e out of every ten will give
lheii opinion in favor of the position, rhat
Ike veins descend into the lower rock.
Those wh<. oppose this doctrine will gen
erally be found to be miners who have seen
only the irregular and inteimittod digging
nd picking, which is called mining in uio-t
parts of our load district, but which bears
about the same relation to mining proper
as the building of a bark wigwam or a mud
cabin does to architecture.
Hating no experience in working of me
tallic veins els where, and never having fol
lowed down any in our mines, they can ol
course Lave no reliable basis for any oyin
•o# whatever.
The opinions are simply guesses, having
precisely the same value as those of men
*h>» have never seen the mines at all.
