The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-23 00:00:00

LEAD AND SILVER.

The produce of this metal has shown a steady in-
crease. _

Of Lead Ore. Of Load.
Tons. Tons.
In 1860 the returns were .. 89,081 .. 63,525
In 1861 9) .. 90,693 .. 65,643
In 1862 I .. 95,311 .. 69,013
The silver produced from this lead in 1862
amounted to 686,123 ounces.

GOLD.
From time to time, after long intervals, there
have been small quantities of this precious metal
produced in various parts of these islands, and, con-
sequently on the discovery, there has been much ex-
citement. The discovery of gold in the Leadhills,
Lanarkshire; at Wicklow, is Ireland; and more
recently in the neighbourhood of Dolgelly, in North
Wales, are examples, in each ease' of enthusiastic
hopes deferred.
We have, however, in the returns before us, a
reliable statement of the production from one gold
mine (Vigra and Clogsa) for the past two years
In 1861 the quarts lodes upon h
old they are
standard ounces of g, which
working gave 2,784
were sold for
10,816 17s. In 1862 the produc-
tion reached X
6,299 standard ounces, which were
sold for £20,390.
We find by the list of mines given in the Appen
dix to the "Mineral Statistics" that no less than 24
workings are entered as gold mines. From none of
these have we as yet any return of gold; we shall
wait with much curiosity the publication of the
statistics in 1864.
The returns of zinc ores, of iron •
pyrites, and of
other less valuable metalliferous and earthy mine-
rals are given, the total results
being
as follows
for the year 1862:
METALS PRODUCED FROM lIRITISIL
MINERALS AND COALS.
Gold .. 5,209 o:,,Tin
Copper 14,843 933,216 „
Lead
Silver
Zinc 189,041 „
2,151 tons 50,548 „
Iron, pig 3,943 469 9,351,672 „
Other metals, estimated 250,000 „

Total value of British metals £14,281,453
Coals . ..... 81,538,338 tons 20,409,584 value

£34,691,037
Earthy minerals, such as barytes and lime, salt,
and the more valuable clays, are estimated at
£1,750,000, and we find, by a return compiled by
Mr. Robert Hunt in 1859, that the value of building
stones, slates, &c., amounted to £7,954,075. We
learn, therefore, that the actual wealth added to the
national store, as obtained from our native rocks,
amounts to nearly £45,000,0000.

Mr. ADDERLEY, in the course of his remarks at
the Coleshill Farmers' Club, said :—He was dining
within the last fortnight with the Social Science Association
in Edinburgh, and although the object of that association
was a grand one—to promote the science which tended to
the advancement of civilisation— it was a very convivial as-
sociation. He remembered that the learned Scotch lord who
in the morning delivered alearned speed' upon the amend-
ment of the law sang comio songs is the evening after
dinner, and smacked Lord
rougbam on the shoulder to
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keep in chorus. The gentlemen or that association were per..
suaded of two maxims—that nothing was good which was
not social, and that nothing was social which was not
good,
and he too firmly believed in them.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 187 to 157 i per cent., and the premium on
gold is 43 to 431 per cent. At these rates there is
prat op the importation of gold from the United very Sta little
States.
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