Berezovsk, a village in the Russian province of Perm, near Ekaterinburg, gives name to a famous gold-field, wrought since 1744. The mines are on the eastern slopes of the middle Ural chain, and the field is above 5 miles long. The washings on the Berezovka River are also very productive.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 89
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