BROWN COAL 



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Shine, Essen. There were produced at the pit Nachtigall, near Hoxter, 10,873 tonnen 

 of brown coal, value 881 thalors. Of Brown coal, or Lignite, tho produce in the 

 Zollverein amounted in 1861 to 4,622,312 tonnen; of tho value of 16,631,122 francs. 

 Prussia alone produced 4,427,442 tonnen, of the valuoof 11,396,239 francs. The total 

 produce in the Prussian States will be seen in tho following table : 



Stassfurt-Sehonebeck 

 Weissonfels 

 Halle-Eisdorf . 

 Bitterfeld 

 Oschersleben . 

 Bruhl-Euskirchen 

 Aschersleben . 

 Prankfort-on-Oder . 

 Merseburg-Durrenburg 

 Forty-eight smaller districts 



1862 



Metrical tonnen. 

 746,529 

 368,455 

 325,642 

 247,340 

 160,856 

 137,486 

 122,154 

 118,117 

 105,817 

 1,482,733 



1861 

 Metrical tonnen. 

 612,300 

 334,800 

 284,300 

 178,780 

 176,400 

 123,950 

 115,600 

 89,700 

 85,480 

 1,193,330 



Total 3,815,129 3,194,640 



This shows an increase of 620,489 tonnen. Throughout the entire Zollverein, in 

 the year 1863, the brown coal produced at 843 collieries yielded 109,189,899 cwts., 

 valued at 5,061,241 thalers. 



AUSTBIA. The production of Brown coal in Austria, iii Vienna centners of 123| 

 pounds avoirdupois : 



1860 . . . . 27,780,470 



1861 . . . . 32,086,781 



1862 . . . . 36,235,347 



1863 (Statute Tons). . 1,990,861 



1855 

 1856 

 1857 

 1858 

 1859 



16,439,306 

 18,760,269 

 19,923,406 

 23,223,079 

 23,702,428 



1864 



2,090,852 



SAXONY. Here much of the brown coal is collected on or near the surface. 

 This is much finer than that from the pits, and is made up like peat, in the shape 

 of bricks. Tho bricks made at Margaret Hut amounted in 1862, to 3,000,000, equal 

 to 15,000 cwts., and in 1863 to 2,250,000, equal to 12,000 cwts. In Upper Lusatia, 

 and on the left bank of the Elbe, in 1863, there were only two pits which produced 



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