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PART II. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PRINCIPAL MINING REGIONS. In selecting for description some of the more important ore deposits of the world, they will be grouped in accordance with their geographical distribution, and will be chosen either on account of their economic importance, or because they exhibit unusual and instructive phenomena. The principal deposits of the various mining countries will be described in the following order:— Europe.—The United Kingdom, France, Belgium, German Empire, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Scandinavia, Russian Empire—Asia in Part. Asia and Oceania.—Indian Empire, Straits Settlements, Dutch East Indies, Japan, &c., Australasian Colonies. Africa.—Algeria, Cape of Good Hope. North America.—United States, Dominion of Canada, Mexico. South America.—Brazil, Chili, Bolivia, Peru, Guiana, &c. EUROPE. THE UNITED KINGDOM. The most important mines of the United Kingdom are situated in the counties of Cornwall and Devon, in Shropshire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and North Lancashire, as well as in Westmoreland