Excerpt from The Iron Ores of Great Britain, Vol. 1: The Iron Ores of the North and North-Midland Counties of England IN the Great Exhibition of 1851 there appeared a yery extensive series of the iron ores of the United Kingdom, which were collected, arranged, and catalogued by Mr. Blackwell, of Dudley. To the ordinary spectator there could be nothing less attractive than that collection, although it truly represented one great element of the wealth, the power, and the prosperity of the country. 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.