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1. BELONGING TO THE GOVERNMENT. 



Sado. — Gold — and silver-mine. Mechanical dressing, smelting and pan-amalga- 



mation. Organized by foreigners, now worked by Japanese only. 

 Ikuno. — Geld — and silver-mine, province Tajima. 100 iron revolving stamps, 

 dressing by Rittinger's percussion tables, Freiberg barrel amalgamation. 

 Had' formerly 12, at present still 8, Frenchmen. 

 Kamaishi. — Iron-mine and — works, province, Bikuchiu. 2 charcoal— blast- 

 furnaces, puddling furnaces. Formerly 4, now 1 foreigner there ; but 

 metallurgists have again been engaged in Fngland. The ore is magnetic 

 iron. 

 Nakakosaka. — Iron-mine and — works, province Ebzuke. 1 charcoal- blast- 

 furnace, built by Euglish engineers for private individuals, recently taken 

 over by the Government. "Worked formerly with loss, is not yet worked 

 anew. * 

 Mitke — Coal-mince, province Chikugo. English engineer. 



Besides these mines, the copper-works at Ani and the silver-works at Inuai, 

 both in the province of Ugo, have lately come into possession of the Govern- 

 ment ; they were hitherto worked on the Japanese system, but are now by 

 German engineers being organized on foreign system. 



2. PRIVATE. 



Oqutjsu. — Gold-mine, province Ugo. Amalgamation in Californian pans and in 

 Hungarian bowls. 10 iron stamps. As yet the mine has not been able to 

 produce the quantity of ore required by the works. Organized by an 

 American engineer, now worked by Japanese alone. 



Kosaka. — Silver — and copper-mine, province Eikuchiu. Raw Smelting. Zier- 

 vogel and Hunt — Douglass process. Erected by German engineers, now 

 worked only by Japanese. 

 The modern establishments in Oquusu and Kosaka were created by the 



Government, and, when completely fitted up, handed over to private people for 



working. 



Nagano. — Gold-mine, province of Satsuma. Passed once for one of the best 

 gold-mines, but is now said to be poor in ores. Californian amalgama- 

 tion. 10 iron stamps. Has a French engineer. 



* Has been started again lately. 



