 | Royal Institution of Cornwall - 1848 - 556 σελίδες
...long, three feet wide, and nearly two feet thick, and weighing over six tons. On digging around it the mass was found to rest on billets of oak supported by sleepers of the same material. The ancient miners had evidently raised it about five feet, and then abandoned the work ai too laborious.... | |
 | 1854 - 414 σελίδες
...long, three feet wide, and nearly two feet thick, and weighing over six tons. On digging around it the mass was found to rest on billets of oak supported by sleepers of the same material. The ancient miners had evidently raised it about five feet, and then abandoned the work as too laborious.... | |
 | John H. Pitezel - 1857 - 448 σελίδες
...long, three feet wide, and nearly two feet thick, and weighing over six tuns. On digging around it the mass was found to rest on billets of oak, supported...of the same material. This wood, specimens of which have been preserved, by its long exposure to moisture is dark-colored, and has lost all its consistency.... | |
 | Charles Lanman - 1871 - 560 σελίδες
...long, three feet wide, and nearly two feet thick, weighing over six tons. On digging around it the mass was found to rest on billets of oak, supported by sleepers of the same wood. The ancient miners had evidently raised the mass about five feet, and then abandoned it as too... | |
 | Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota - 1893 - 742 σελίδες
...long, three feet wide, and nearly two feet thick, and weighing over six tons. On digging around it the mass was found to rest on billets of oak supported...exposure to moisture, is dark-colored and has lost all its consistency. A knife-blade may be thrust into it as easily as into a peat-bog. The earth was so... | |
 | John Wells Foster - 1874 - 434 σελίδες
...three feet wide and nearly two feet thick, and weighing over six tons. On digging around the mass, it was found to rest on billets of oak, supported by sleepers of the same material. This wood, from its long exposure to moisture, was dark-colored and had lost all its consistency. It opposed no... | |
 | Alfred P. Swineford - 1876 - 320 σελίδες
...three feet wide, and nearly two feet thick, and weighing over six tons. On digging round the mass, it was found to rest on billets of oak, supported by sleepers of the same material. The wood, from its long exposure to moisture, was dark-colored and had lost its consistency. It opposed... | |
 | 1886 - 740 σελίδες
...three feet wide, and nearly two feet thick, and weighing over six tons. On digging round the mass, it was found to rest on billets of oak, supported by sleepers of the same material. The wood, from its long exposure to moisture, was dark-colored and had lost its consistency. It opposed... | |
 | Horace Hollister - 1885 - 572 σελίδες
...long, three feet wide, and nearly two feet thick, and weighing over six tons. On digging around it, the mass was found to rest on billets of oak, supported by sleepers of the same material. The wood is dark-colored, and has lost all of its consistency. A knife blade may be thrust into it... | |
 | Michigan State Horticultural Society - 1887 - 616 σελίδες
...long, three feet wide, and nearly two feet thick, weighing over six tons. On digging round the mass, it was found to rest on billets of oak, supported by sleepers of the same material. The wood, from its long exposure to moisture, was dark colored and had lost iis consistency. It opposed... | |
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When he had penetrated to the depth of eighteen feet, he came to a mass of native copper ten feet long, three feet wide, and nearly two feet thick, and weighing over six tons. On digging around it the mass was found to rest on billets of oak, supported... 
