Metallurgy. 289 
Miners of the United Kingdom, read before the London Society of 
by Mr. Robert Hunt, Keeper of the Mining Records. 
Product for 1861. 
Minerals, Quantity. Value. 
Lin, tons, 11,640 | £ 725,560 
Copper, a 231,487 1,427,215 
: «“ 90,696 1,136,249 
Silver, “ 2 1,471 
Zine, at 15,770 31,113 
Pyrites, a 125,135 79,715 
Arsenic, - 1,450 10,875 
Nickel, ewt 1 
Wolfram, tons, 8 29 
Antimony, 15 45 
anganese, ‘? 925 2,925 
omen, ochre, &e., 3,016 3,016 
ore, “ 7,215,518 2,302,371 
Coals (sold and used), “ 83,635,214 20,908,803 
Other minerals, “ 2,222,602 880,114 
Total value of Minerals produced in 1861, £27,509,525 
Metals produced from British Minerals, 
Quantity. Value. 
Gold, 0 78 £ 10,816 
Silver, “ 569,530 144,161 
1n tons, 7,45 910,762 
Copper, 15,331 1,572,480 
L “ 65,643 1,445,255 
Zinc, “ 4,415 9,101 
Iron, a s“ 3,712,390 9,280,975 
Total y £13,443,550 
Este value of other metals, 250,5 
Coa 20,908,803 
ae value of metals and coals, 34,602,853 
§ There were worked, in 1861, 3052 ae 167 copper mines, 148 
as Mines, 390 lead mines and 29 si nes—number of iron mines 
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ally engaged in mining operations, exclusive of quarries of a 
—VYournal of the Society of Arts, xi, 94. 
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