 The formation of the mountain is either red sandstone or limestone, largely impregnated with magnesia. The mines are easily worked, the operation being more like digging a hole in sand than quarrying rocks. The galleries are described as being numerous,...  A Journey to the Source of the River Oxus - Seite 206von John Wood, Sir Henry Yule - 1872 - 280 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1846 - 580 Seiten
...quarrying rocks. The galleries are described as being numerous, and running directly in from the river. Wherever a seam or whitish blotch is discovered, the...inhabitants of the district, then numbering about 500 families, to Kunduz, and disposed of them in the slave market." In comparing Mr. Wood's description... | |
 | 1847 - 582 Seiten
...considerable size. The mines have not been worked since Badakhshan fell into the hands of the Kuudnz chief, who, irritated it is supposed at the small...inhabitants of the district, then numbering about 500 families, to Kunduz, and disposed of them in the slave market." In comparing Mr. Wood's description... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1851 - 470 Seiten
...galleries are described as being numerous, and running directly in from the river. Wherever a seam of whitish blotch is discovered, the miners set to work,...it is supposed, at the small profit they yielded, inarched the inhabitants of the district, then numbering about 500 families, to Eunduz, and disposed... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, William MacGillivray - 1857 - 474 Seiten
...galleries are described as being numerous, and running directly in from the river. Wherever a seam of whitish blotch is discovered, the miners set to work,...inhabitants of the district, then numbering about 500 families, to Kunduz, and disposed of them in the slave market." HIMALAYA SYSTEM. 385 According... | |
 | 1862 - 596 Seiten
...always encased in a round nodule of considerable sizei The mines have not been worked since Badakshan fell into the hands of the Kunduz Chief, who, irritated,...The inhabitants of Gharan were Rafizies, or Shiah Mahomedans, and so are the few families which still remain there. clxxxii. APPENDIX XXIII B. Table... | |
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