15(1 



SlHKTdA. 



Ill iIk; I'orcst region, ami ihtiriDir h i> imi»iI.1i- i.j exploit coiiipanilively very poor deposits, 

 ill wiiicli Uie amuunt of <,'old docs not in .some cases exceed 8 doleys per Inindred jtouds, ol 

 sand, or 0.00002 per cent. 



In tlie I'ornst region which embraces the Altai mining region, the .Mariinsk rt;giou ol 

 the government of Tomsk, and tlie Achinsk region of the goveinment of Yenisei, tlie climate 

 is more severe and the washing (d' the gold can only be carried on during live or at most six 

 months. The population is more sparse and the conditions of the industry begin to aci|uiri! 

 aiiollicr aspect, more like that which predominated, in general, in Eastern Siberia. 



In the Achinsk region the gold industry is concentrated at the sources of the Chiilyma 

 aloiiu' the livers Bdaya, Cheniaya ami Saiahi-Use. 



In the Altai mining region the gold mines are exploited l)f)tli by His Imperial Majesty■.>^ 

 (Cabinet and by private individuals. 



The following table gives the number of gold mines worked and their yield during th*- 

 last ten years both in the difTcreiil provinces and in the various regions of the Obi system. 



Akmidinsk 

 province. 



Cm i 



Semijial- 



atinsk 



province. 



(iovernment of Tomsk. 



Mariinsk 

 region. 



^ 



Altai mining region. 

 Alluvial gold.! Quartz gold. 



>H 



a -s 



6 



v. of Yenifi'i. 



Achin>k 

 region. 



-2 ! "5' 



1882 



1883 



1881 



1885 



1886 



188 



1888 



1889 



1890 



1891 



10 



12 



20 ! 7 



29 



28 



30 



29 



ae 



25 

 25 



71 



70 



86 



95 



104 



116 



112 



118 



105 



103 



34 

 38 

 33 

 ( 32 

 36 

 36 

 37 

 40 

 33 



8V' 

 23V 

 3/4 

 3OV4 

 297 

 217 

 197 

 25V 

 25 

 35 



6^4 



77 11 

 8213972 

 79 14VJ 



87 



102 



36V2 



1 

 4972 



77 105 6 



77 II3IOV4 2 



233/4 

 97i 



287* 



31 

 872 



27 



267'4 

 271 



34 



31 



lev* 



347'4 

 15 

 21 

 9 



29Vi 

 1374 



24 



38 



Thus the gold industry is very feebly developed in the Akmolinsk and Semipalatinsk 

 provinces. In the Mariinsk region the production of gold is subject to very slight fluctuations, 

 notwithstanding the increased number of deposits under exploitation and the larger amount 

 of gold bearing sand treated in them. This shows that the richer deposits have been exhausted 

 and that the exploitation of the poorer can be carried on profitably owing to the 



