Excerpt from Report on the Mines Known: In the Eastern Division of Hayti, and the Facilities of Working Them Some doubts prevailing as to the existence of Mines arid the facilities of working them, in the Eastern division of Hayti, or that part of the island formerly possessed by the Spaniards, I readily comply with the solicitation of some gentlemen anxious to obtain correct information on the subject, and proceed to furnish such par ticulars as'i was able to collect during my long residence there, to which I shall add the testi mony of, the best Spanish writers, and also the 'result'of my own observations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.