Coal Mines •ivcrled ia France. S^V. 



per myriagramme; thofe of mean quality are fold for 7 or 8 



cents, and the worn: for 5. 



"The medium price of thefe coals tranfportcd to L^'ons is 

 15 or 18 cents per myriagramme: the price at Marfeilles ts^,- 

 ^^ cents. '. 



Department of La Loire Inferieure. 



This department (25), as has been feen, may receive coals , 

 from the mines filuated towards the upper part of the coarfe 

 of the Loire as well as from thofe of Allier. The coals of 

 the mine of Decife, which will be mentioned in fpcaking of 

 the department of La Nievre, are alfo conveyed to different' 

 places on the Loire. The coals alfo of the min^sof Aiontre- , 

 lais, filuated two or thres leagues to the north of Varades and- 

 Ingrivnde, are conveyed on the lower part of the Loire, They 

 are embarked in particular at the latter place to be tranf- 

 portcd to the conimunes Qii the banks of that river defcend- 

 ing to Nantes, where the confuitiption is confiderable. 



The coals annually extrafted from thefe mines may be fafely 

 eflimated at a million of myriagrammes. Thev are of a good 

 quality. The mean price on the fpot is 5 cents per myria- 

 gramme; when fent to Nantes, the fame quantity cofts 25 

 cents. 



In this department there are alfo peat-mofles, the product 

 of which is abundant, and of great utility to the inhabitants. 

 The moft confiderable are found in the marfhes of Montoir^v 

 to the north of Nantes. More than eight thoufand indivi-' 

 duals are employed in digging peat from thefe molfes. : 



Department of Loire and Cher. 



There are no mines worked in this department. It receives 

 coals by the Loire, which trave'rfes it; and might confumc 

 thofe alfo brought by the Cher from the mines fituated in 

 the environs ot Commentry and Montlugon, in the depart- 

 ment of Allier, if the navigation of the Cher were improved.- 



Department of Loiret. 



There are no coal mines worked in this department ; but 

 it is abundantly provided with coals by the navigation of the. 

 Seine. 



Department of Lot. 



Abundant c;ial mines exifl in the environs of Figeac, to- 

 wards the call extremity of this department. They are badly 

 worked by the proprietors of the ground ; but thcv are fuT-' 

 ccptiblc of improvement, if means of coniumption werfi 

 opened for their produdls. •••'•'.- 



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