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Coal, 107,427,557 tons, value 26,856,882*. ; iron ore, 11,508,525 tons, value 3,732,560/. ; tin ore, 14,725 tons, value 1,027,805/. ; copper ore, 129,953 tons, value 519,912/. ; lead ore, 96,866 tons, value 1,189,030/.; zinc ore, 15,533 tons, value 49,366/.; iron pyrites, 75,949 tons, value 41,023/. ; arsenic, 2,561 tons, value 11,464/.; gossans and ochres, about 5,000 tons, value 4,000/.; ■wolfram, 25 tuns, value 943/. ; manganese, 1,558 tons, value 7,897/.; barytes, 5,987 tons, value 3,415/.; salt, 1,250,000 tons, value 687,500/. ; clays, fine and fire, 1,200,000 tons, value 450,000/. ; and earthy minerals, value 670,000/. In summary, the total value of the minerals produced in the United Kingdom, in the year 1869. was 35,252,120Z. The total quantities and value of the metals obtained from the ores in the year 1869 were as follows: — Iron, pig, 5,445,757 tons, value 13,614,397/.; tin, 9,760 tons, value 1,201,456/. ; copper, 8,291 tons, value 644,065/. ; lead, 73,259 tons, value 1,397,415/. ; zinc, 4,500 tons, value 92,400/. ; silver, 831,191 oz., value 207,972/. ; gold, 18 oz., value 62/. ; and other metals, value 500,000/. In summary, the total value of metals produced in 1869 was 17,657,767/. Adding together the value of the metals obtained from the mines of the United Kingdom, 17,657,767/., the value of coal, 26,856,882/., and that of other minerals, not smelted, including stilt, barytes &c, 1,935,042/., the total produce of the United Kingdom in the year 1869 amounted to 46,449,691/.
The total quantities and value of the two most important products of the mines of the United Kingdom, namely, coal and pig iron, were as follows in each of the twelve years 1858 to 1869 : —
Years
Coal
Pig
iron
Quantities
Value
Quantities
Value 1
tons
A
tons
£
1868
63,008,619
16,252.162
3,456,064
8,640,160
1869
71,979,765
17.994,941
3,712,904
9,282,260
1860
80,042,698
20,010,674
3,826,752
9,566,880 •
1861
83.635,211
2n.908,803
3,712,390
9.280,975 !
1862
81,638,338
20,409,584
3.943,469
9,858,672
1863
86,292,215
21,573,053
4,510.040
ll.275.loo
1864
92,787,873
23,197,968
4.767,961
11,919,877 1
1865
98,150,587
21,537,646
4,819,254
12,048,133
1866
101,630,544
25,407,635
4,523,987
11.309.712
1867
104,500,480
26,125,120
4.761,023
11, 902. .',.,7
1868
103,1 11,157
25,785,289
4,970,206
12,381.280 |
1869
107.127,557
26.856.882
5,445,757
13,614,397
The values of the four most important metallic productions next
