THE BLACK FOREST.
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and small towns owe tlieir origin to miners, and wcre only inhabitcd by tbem. Tbe eity-arms of tbe small moun- tain-town of Todtnau, still display two mining bammers. Shortly before tbe breaking out of tbe tbirty years war more than 500 men were employed in the 17 pits of tbe Suhbach district, and an equal number in tbe neigbbourbood of Emmendingen. Tbc labours bowever were left off during the troubles, and some of tbem only taken up again to- wards tbe close of last Century. Many new pits have beeil opened in our times, and all of tbem continue to be worked with an adcquate number of men. Part of tbem bclongs to government, and tbe rest is distributed among private proprietors and mining-companies, of wliich tbe most important arc the Kinzigthal-Mining-Company, and the Ba- dish -Mining- Company.
Gold is not found at present in the Black Forest; still it is not improbable tliat some of its mountain streains for- merly carried gold. An imperial grant of tbe twelfth Century proVes tliis almost to a certainty.
Silver is mostly obtained by assaying tbe argentiferous galena, gained from tbe iniues of Haus Baden and Karlsstollen near Badenweiler, Rüster grübe near Sulzburg, Teufelsgrund and Rippenbach in the Miinster-valley, Neue Hoffnung Gottes near St. Blasien, and Neuglück near Unterbildstein. — Various other silver ores are worked in tbe mines of Sophia near Wittichen, Friedrich Christian and Herrensegen at Wil- deschappach, Bernard in tbe Hauserbach, Gabriel in tbe Eimbach, and St. Wenzel at Oberwolfacli.
Copper is produced only at the works of Herrensegen although the Black Forest contains numerous veins of copper ores.
A rieh booty of Cobalt is drawn from tbe pits of Sophia, Old Joseph, Neuglück, Simson , and Güte Gottes, in tbe