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GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

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