, 1877-12-01
MINERALS.
English Coal, Copper, Zinc. and Iron FRO.
&lurtI1n for 1870.

tlurtInn for 1870.
Lanson T1n1es Oct. ~.
Tho general summary shows that The q,1antl
" OF coal produced In England in 1871 wa.
133, ~. TO tons; In 1875 tho quantity wns t3l,
SG7, tO5 TINS; In 1874 IL was 12;j0l3, cc51 tons
willis In 1878 It had reached the then unprtcc,
denied height Of i17,0l6, III tons. Coal ts 10 st
great MI extent, II indirectly rather thau direct
II, tho staple commodity VI British commerce.
that tic unchecked increase In It's production
during years when great complaints rs to stuck
with satisfaction. The statistics, however, nre
scanned. In tho first place, while
they show the continued actiyits
Of the coltcries, thcy indicate un1nistakably, nj
the satno time, that coai.minlne llas been chr.
r1cd Oil at diminished rate Of profits, though
not, rs may be inferred from the continued pro
d,sctlop, at rate which Is wholly uuremuncra.
tive. The i33 5344 7Go tons raised In 1916 are
valued at E46G70, ,Cbl; tho 1a7,01B.747 tons of
coal won In 1875 wcro vMlued At .E4T, ,fJ1 80.
Tho fall in price Is mt an unnltxctl calamity.
II tho prices Of the latter part Of l6a3 md tho
earlier part Of 1914 had long continued some
branehcs OF English nanufasturoc must have
ceased to exist. Tho progress OF tho export
trado Is nnothcr point which xttracts attention.
Tie coal exported to foreign countries in 1870
in the form Of coal, coke, or patent fuel
w T. 197 ~; ,9 tons, , q te decasea a. a. value
oniy Il 0l6 tons, Or 1,15l, 1Ui tons less than
iu 1915: Now, tho tatal production Of yoaj In
1916 only exceeded that in 1915 BY 1,417,C1l
tons, anl so TUG result ts arrtsca At nt tllat ting
Increase, but In fact diminished bv some 800, ,00o
tons, IS compared With The consumntton IN 1879
The while OF the increased amount produced
was exported to foreign countries as ncH mate.
1ck frx In nrf kaR t,ufa
Of bsng employed in making mani manafactnred
goods III Eugland. y compare % osh"r years u
coal alone, s excluding eoke and =, "a, patent e!xs
fuel. , In 177l s.a;.., We exn9Ited porte T. soo 81
go; IN ls72, ~ 1ss;122al tons, ya!4ca
at no less than TX 4p,s55;tis; 10 lS,:9 !30,!,l0!
tons, valued at els3,0G GB; "a is54, 13;Sl.05i
tons, valued at III ~, !55; IN lnl1. l3,018,uJu
tons' vaue It Is, ,4!5,sSi. THUS ' wo arc yea5iy
exnortln0 s moro eoal ~ lower pslee: u was 10
1873 proposed TO enforce m export duty Upon
soa'' on the GROUND that coal wns an article q
first necessity, the export Of which would not
would be nn ingenious device lot raising br!tlssi
taxes out u the pockets OF foreign cn'npetitors
With n!lt!sh ma6utactusers; hat Tue aEures
show that tac hleh prize m that yeaI restricted
lated 4; Ths deduction = obvious, that an =
would equally have checked expectation.
,o! ~ to.ai anoMns ~ aon o1s pronneea eas ia
1871 IN the Unltcu Mtn9dom @ wa lt,atl, ,ss1 tons.
anu t:o faine 46,a.:'.GHo w ~ INC pls ifon pro
duccd from nc orc w oo,o tons, anu nc val'
NC OF tue raw mateflhl was increased W tnn & e.
renafdafe o1 soa! NM LABOR 10 ameltlnG 90 Hlb,1,-
W. ilesc hRufes sagS cGnstdietaple lherease e.
@ 9ysr nn, as a ra oqc rscd IL ~ xsa1
faiseu. ana eoG ioaa @ =! p,R iron, sa!aea at
ilo9io ilo9io,'tt pIn'ueco. nno lncre3se 1as neen
a .I " sc @ 1ran % I'M ~
fr to. .. % M s.91 III FIJI ~
1s'o. Ihe Seotch ofe requires felatageiy
large quanthY Of eoal, ana the lev lev
prlse Q. coat na1 1s9lsaeu p1uuusoon. pt.! !ho
TOM atnount o. .G3a coat usea ~ r. ~ ttie
Much o. M ths % was, T. iact, % ased N The the form Of
eoke. !ne AoyM commission on Cost reckon
ctt tnat 1ntoo toas o. con- aio nseu On the avef
age 10 naks one st. tHn o. q. P's,non ano nSules
', n n nsn1a frn, ~" ths1 tU1e .Sa IT,
qnant!t? o. eoa! uses' pcs IoH 2! pEri'Eon - cor
shicrahly less On lho average than " tons In
a!a!tlon 70 the non-9fe 1a,se1 , IN ~ ihe uhlte4
hlneaom, We amettod sn ~, tS'o ~ o':' tons OF
o., purple org IRON i'npo1tsd eupreous pyrt,ss,
Wilieh raised rnS totai tluAntaty ameltcd to IL
slaSl8 tons. TUG current issuc OF the stat!s-
tics omlts many tables iulpd IN the
L one oi 6rn. using tho sle.
:. mems. and s!emtns-Mariin !, pFoecsse:
iof steel: It ID ps1nteu opposlto tho !ist OF
those using tho besse!neF c'nverters, md some
n',ames, as tnat Of tue Lond9n GU & y Northwestern
HALLWAY Company aud the Oowlas Iron COM
pany, uppeaE in 10th categorles:
The other minerals m M dealt with 10 tho stat's- ~
ttcs are much less Important, and may DO DIS
missed more briefly. Tbs production Of COPPER
9rs was 7otsA tons. md the value 93t7, 18o.
lhus It appears that more was raised than ln
1875, but tho larger aggregate was disposed OF
for smaller returu- The figures 10 the earlier
year were H. .5es tons, and RfS, 41f. VI tin ore.
13,G3S tons, worth LOU, Gst were produced.
This, the most ancient bFapGll OF mining Indus
try tn Treat nrItaln, thus continued to shuW no
sign q improvement, but the reverse: .r,l IL
1878 1906 toua wcra raised, worth 4735
G0I, Tha lead mines wefo more prosperous ;
they produced 1,2l6.07 tons, worth ETo, ,uh'.
Ot z!nc. :2s3U us tons were Ealsess, worth E0 T.
4 decreased quantity at larger price than IN
thu previous ycuri of Iron pyFtes {aulphur ores,
v.nsiae p59dusa,oa sna MUCH ra n'snes pt'es o.
Worth lo.7ss, oehre ADD umbcr, yalusi a.
&t.7tn, "oMsana =. '@f nuos snae =. p' a!so
enter INTO HE fGtuFn&s f1tIct8' cay,