GOLD. 



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standing these very disaOvautageous economic conditions the gold workings of the Amour 

 province ai-e gradually enlarging their production, and moreover the number of deposits under 

 exploitation is constantly increasing. The following table gives the production and number of 

 workings in the Amour river system; all the workings in the Trausbaikal province belonging 

 to this system, being grouped under tlie general designation of the deposits of the Nerchinsk 

 region. 



During the same period the following number of men were employed at tlie working. 

 uf these several localities. 



The method of exploitation and in general the technical side of the gold industry de- 

 penils upon whether the gold is extracted from alluvial or veinous deposits. In the alluvial 



