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page 149 ---gold washing---
Sao Joao d'El Rey, state of Minas Gerais The Vila de S. Joao d'El
Rey, so called after King John V of Portugal, is, like Vila
Rica, Vila do Principe, Sabara, and lately, Paracatu, one
of the capitals of the five districts in the capitania of Minas
Gerais; namely, of
17th century Tobacco plantation mandiocca, beans, oranges, tobacco, and likewise a small quantity of sugar-cane and cotton, above all, cheese, cattle in abundance, swine, mules, and, together with the streams that are full of fish, provide them with sufficiency of food.
Sugar plantation In former times, the chief occupation of this people was searching for gold. They obtained it partly by washing in the stream, partly out of some shallow trenches (calderoes) which are cut principally in the massy parts of the quartz veins of the mountain Lenheiro, which consists of white elastic quartz.
page 150 ---inland trade---smelting---
In former times, the chief occupation of this people was searching for
gold. They obtained it partly by washing in the stream, partly out of
some shallow trenches (calderoes) which are cut principally in
the massy parts of the quartz veins of the mountain Lenheiro,
which consists of white elastic quartz. The fruits of this labour having
now become uncertain and trifling, less regard is paid to it; and only
the
go backwards and forwards to the capital, conveying thither, bacon, cheese, some cottons, beaver hats, horned cattle, mules, fowls, and gold bars, for sale; and bring back, in return, European goods, chiefly Portuguese and English, such as calicoes, handkerchiefs, lace, iron-ware, wine, porter, liqueurs, & etc.
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