Copper raised in Great Briiain.- 



-Iron and Zinc. 75 



COPPER RAISED IN GKEAT BRITAIN. 



In Cornwall (luring the last six months ending with June, 

 there have been 67 copper mines which have brought ores to 

 sale at the public ticketings, the gross produce ot which has 

 been as under, 



Copper ore 52125 tons. 



Fine copper 44.33 tons. 



Value of the ore 338,845/. 155. 6(/. 



Average produce of the ore in metal 8| per cent. 

 Price ofcopper or standard 108/. 155. Of/, per ton. 

 Of this nearly one haU" is produced by six principal mines, 



as follow : ,,,?/-» 



Ore. Copper. Value of Ore. 



Tons. Tons. £■ »• d. 



Consolidated mines 6772 575 4.4,270 12 6 



Dolcoath 514-6 352 27,127 1 6 



United Mines 3342 313 23,813 14 



Wheal Abraham, &c. 4417 302 22,208 4 6 



Pembroke 3215 251 18,39o 6 6 



Tuskuby 2371 249 19^572 17 6 



25263 2042 .£155,387 16 6 

 The aggregate quantity of fine copper produced by all the 

 mines of 6reat Britain and Ireland, will appear from the fol- 

 lowing statement, which is made up for one year ending 30tli 



June 1822. Copper Ore. Fiae Copper. VaU,eofOrc. 



^ Tons. Tons. £■ *• ''• 



Soldattlieticketmgsl ^^^ 222 9140 663,085 13 2 



in Cornwall j 



Sold at Swansea fronH 



Ireland and various ! 3539 388 30,967 12 6 



parts of England j ' 



^It^'^' ^ 5.32 about 46,000 



Sundry p:;;ate sales 18i (Jo. H>,000 



Anglesea (estimated at) 600^ do. J5^0^_0^ 



Tons 10844 ^£80 1,053 5 8 



CURIOUS MASS OF IRON AND ZINC 



A curious concrete mass of iron and /^uc in ;;,^;ff Jj* 'r':;;«_ 

 Uian a pound, has been presented to the ^''^^H^o ' 1^»3J "^^^ 

 stitution fr<„n a friend in London. t >s part of ihe , v^/.../"^ 

 which remalnal in an oven in winch some m.lUont, (>» ank 



1/ 9 llt'ics 



