 | 1836 - 604 pagina’s
...hastily erected when required for the convenience of the miners near any new mine that is opened, while those that are near a mine that has done working are...its form. The mouths of the mines are frequently in VOL. LXIII. NO. CXXVIII. 2 C the middle of the streets, which makes walking at night very dangerous,... | |
 | 1836 - 640 pagina’s
...constant variation, owing to the mud cottages being hastily erected near any new mine that is opened. The mouths of the mines are frequently in the middle of the streets, and sometimes enclosed in the courts and yards of houses. The following contains part of an account... | |
 | 1836 - 564 pagina’s
...English barn ; the streets are dirty and irregular ; the suburbs a confused collection of mud cottages. ' The mouths of the mines are frequently in the middle of the streets, which makes walking in the night very dangerous. They are sometimes enclosed in the courts and yards of the houses.' The... | |
 | 1838 - 534 pagina’s
...English barn; the streets i an- dirty and irregular; the suburbs, a confused collection of mud cottages. The : mouths of the mines are frequently in the middle of the streets, which makes walking in the night very dangerous. They arг- sometimes enclosed in the courts and yards of the houses. The... | |
 | 1840 - 522 pagina’s
...is irregularly built on very uneven ground. The site on which it stands abounds in silver ore, and the mouths of the mines are frequently in the middle of the streets. Only those mines are worked which contain rich ores. The houses arc low, and some have small glazed... | |
 | 1840 - 524 pagina’s
...is irregularly built on very uneven ground. The site on which it stands abounds in silver ore, and the mouths of the mines are frequently in the middle of the streets. Only those mines are worked which PER 8 contain rich ores. The houses arc low, and some have ' small... | |
 | 1853 - 1036 pagina’s
...in the world, which is permanently inhabited. The site on which it stands abounds in silver ore, and the mouths of the mines are frequently in the middle of the streets. 3. Lima extends along the coast from Barranca (11° S. lat.) to Point Penates (15° 30'), and extends... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 698 pagina’s
...in the world, which is permanently inhabited. The site on which it stands abounds in silver ore, and the mouths of the mines are frequently in the middle of the streets. The ground broken up for mining occupies a space half a mile in length by a quarter of a mile in breadth,... | |
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The site on which it stands abounds in silver ore, and the mouths of the mines are frequently in the middle of the streets. 