256 Accoun t of the pr incipal Coal-Mines in France , 
the Nord, the mean price is 1 franc 27 centimes ; in the Depart- 
ment of the Haute Saone, the price rises from 80 centimes to 2 
francs 50 centimes the quintal. The reason of so considerable 
an augmentation is not difficult to imagine ; the conveyances are 
long, and there is no general market. 
In general, the small fat coal, and the meagre coal in large 
pieces, have nearly the same value, and sell at 25 or 30 per cent, 
less than the fat coal in large pieces. 
According to correct accounts, it is estimated that, at present, 
10 millions of quintals of coal may be annually extracted in 
France, which are sold on the spot for 12 millions of francs ; 
which make the average value of the quintal 1 franc 20 centimes, 
and proves that coal is wrought in an economical manner in 
France. These works employ immediately 10,000 miners, and 
a much greater number of individuals for the carriage of the 
fuel — ( Annales des Mines , MM. IT Hellancourt and Cor dier.) 
The price of coal in France in some of the principal places of 
consumption is as follows : 
At Bordeaux, 
large coal of Rive-de-Gr. 
Carmeaux coal, 
5 francs 
4 
20 centimes the quinta!. 
20 
Aubin coal, 
3 
20 
At Paris, 
St Etienne and Anzin, 
4 
00 to 4 70 
At Nantes, 
St Etienne, 
4 
30 
At Brest, 
St Etienne, 
5 
30 
At Cherbourg, Litry, 
4 
50 
At Rouen, 
St Etienne, 
5 
30 
Belgium is rich in coal-mines ; those of the neighbourhood 
of Mons, Charleroi, Liege, are very important ; they amount to 
350, which employ 20,000 workmen, and produce annually 
about 12,000,000 quintals of excellent coal. 
Germany, taken altogether, is not rich in coal-mines; the 
colleries of the country of Sauebriick, Roer, the county of La 
Marck, those of the country of Tecklenburg, and the 100 mines 
of Silesia, scattered in the neighbourhood of Schweidnitz, may, 
however, be regarded as very important. Lastly, Saxony, Bo- 
hemia, Austria, Tyrol, Bavaria, Hanover, the Hartz, and Hun- 
gary, have also coal-mines, but of very inferior importance. 
In Sweden there are no coal-mines, excepting in the province 
of Scania; they are beginning, to be wrought with great vigour. 
