Coal Mines worked in France. 345 



with abundance of coal from the mines in the departments of 

 Jemappes and of the North, by the canal of BrulVels and by 

 the Scheldt. 



Department of the North. 



Very important coal mines are worked at Anzin near Va- 

 lenciennes, at Frefnes, Raifmes, and Vieux-Conde. There 

 is a very confiderable one alfo in the commune of Aniche. 



The different mines worked in this dejiartment furnifh at 

 the lead 30,ooo_,ooo of myriagrammes. They are of various 

 qualities. Some of them are very good for forging iron; 

 others are preferable for ftoves; and fonie of an inferior qua- 

 lity are proper for burning lim.e. The price at the mines 

 differs according to the quality. The mean price of good 

 coal is from 12 to 15 cents per mvriagramme. When de- 

 livered at the ports of Oftend, Dunkirk, and Calais, it colls 

 from 25 to 28, and at Havre from 52 to ^^. 



The means of confumplion for thefe coals, and particu- 

 larly for thofe near Conde and Saint- Amand, are very ex- 

 tcnfive towards the north, on account of the navigation of 

 the Scheldt, and of the numerous canals which communicate 

 with that river. So that the products of thefe mines might 

 be conveyed at very little expenfe as far as Ghent, Bruges, 

 Oflcnd, Termonde, and Antwerp. They might alfo be cir- 

 culated in Holland, and be exported by the ports of Oftend 

 and Dunkirk, fo as to become as important an objeiS: of ma- 

 ritime commerce as the Englifli coals. 



Departmeut of La Nievre. 



Coal mines are worked in the canton of Dcclfe (33), and 

 are very produdive. The annual produft is eftimated at 

 l,ooo,coo of myriagrammes, but may be much increafed. 

 The quality of thefe coals is in general fuch that they muft 

 be fpcedily employed after they are dug up, as thcv lofe con- 

 fiderubly fiy long expofure to the air. The price at the mine 

 is from 8 to 10 cents per myriagramme ; and delivered at 

 Paris from 10 to 13. They arc conveyed on the Loire, the 

 t^anal of Briare, the Seine^" &c. 



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