The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-02
FINE MINERAL DEPOSITS.
{, raj Mountains said 10 Contain
Vast Amount Of Ores.

Vast Amount Of Ores.
W r holloway. Consul q neral for the
United States at ST Petersburg. in a re
mort TO the State Department. gives much
interesting and yssluahIe information con-
corning the minerals to be found in the
-ral Mountains. He says the specimens
from these mountains on exhibition at
he School of Mines at St Petersburg
eourIise nuggets of gold worth $4,000
nd OF platinum Weighing twenty pounds.
There are perfect crystals of green
5eryI.- declares Consul General Hello
7say. waichng five pounds. a single mass
q malachite weighing more than 200
J0ua.s IS wei as an enormous valuable
collections Of topazes. emeralds. chryso-
heryls. garnets. amber. lapis lazuIi, rock
rryStaIs- sapphiros. Jade. etc Nevcrthe-
less l can hear of no investments that
have resulted from the many visits That
mining engineers. principally Americans.
paid to that territory during the past five
eyars. except in developing the iron and
platinum industries With these eXCep-
tons the methods used by miners are o.
the most primitive character
Mining engineers say the gold-produc-
:nc beds have been largely exhausted. and
Lhat the mining laws Of Russia are 50
exactinG that they cannot recommend
the organization Of large companies to
explore and work this territory. As there
is no capital in Russia seeking investment
in mining property. the Governments in
come from the same is decreasing In
1891 the placer beds in the Ural district
produced 25.425 pounds Of gold, but the
output has been gradually diminishing.
until during 1903 but 1890 pounds were
found.
The Russian authorities are anxious to
develop their mining territory and have
been for some time considering how to
encourage the organization of foreign
companies; they are proposing to modify
their laws and offer more favorable terms.
The smelling. Of pig iron was com
menced in the Trails in 1891, when $500
tons We're produced; but this has inCreas-
ed from TO 4 per cent annually, the out
put for 1860 amounting to 1880 tons.
There were one hundred and seven works
in operation in the JTaI district during
the year 1890. sixty-fiye producing pig,
thirty-nine merchant iron. three rails.
seven machinery, and one railway cars
The forge pig is chiefly produced from
magnetic ore, and Is distinguished for its
purity, which makes it valuable for con
version into steel
The Government has announced its in
tenJiOa to build during The present year
a new furnace on the Kama River near
the > DEElTISzEG WDrkS. 10 supply me latter
with pig iron for the manufacture Of en-
gineS. machinery. tools, and steamships.
This plant viii receive its ore from the
KaikaI district by water
Coal has been mined in the Trails. dur
ing the past twenty-five years. by the
most primitive methods. There are
eight mines in operation. five on the cas-
tern and three on the western slope The
former produced 1920 tons. while the
latter furnished about 800 tons.
There are three copper plants in op
Grafton which in 1891 produced 800 tons
Of metal buJ have only been running in
an irregular way during the past two
years during which time they produced
.. 200 tons
The Jral platinum deposits are the
only mines that are being successfully
worked. and they furnish 95 per cent Of
territory Is owned and operated by
French syndicate bat there are a few
private mines SLill in the hands of the
peasants which are being worked after
th- old methods These mines produced
s.3lI F5ofnGs during the year 1881. and IL
S-g pounds during 1893 but the price rose
from $40 To Sl2I0 during the past few
years.
salt has been produced in the Trails
since the sixteenth century; II IS OBJ
tanned from wells ana evaooTsJed, the
brine strength being from i 10 Is de
SreeS Eehnc- The OUTPUT increased from
I5.GH1D0 10 2g.o50 GJj in 1870.
There are considerable deposits of
in the south Of Russia and works are
uow being erected to work the former and
prepare the hreproof material, which is
abHuda NJ. for the market