Special Consular Reports Volume N . 61 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ...now for manufacturing electric lamps. It is also planned to organize works in Ekaterinburg for the purpose of manufacturing tantalum filaments for electric lamps. UNDEVELOPED GOLD DEPOSITS IN SIBERIA. The richest mines in eastern Siberia are located in the cabinet lands of the Transbaikal Province and in the Government lands of the Lena River basin. Many important gold mines are operated by the administration of these lands, and the Government offers full opportunities to foreigners who wish to engage in mining operations there. As in other parts of eastern Siberia, the mining methods are primitive, the cost of operation being high and the gold-saving process poor. American mining machinery can be used successfully in the Russian gold fields and American dredges are regarded as the best adapted to Russian conditions. Their sale requires adequate instructions in Russian for the use of the equipment. Notwithstanding the great mineral wealth of Yakutsk Province, the mining industry there is in its infancy. There are rich deposits of gold, silver, zinc, and platinum, and the natives living near the Maya River have been known to use the last-named metal for bullets. Iron has been found in several parts of the Province, and copper exists near the mouth of the Kolin River. Deposits of cinnabar are found along the Amga River, and there are rich deposits of coal and salt in several places. The coal fields on the Lena River extend from 66 miles south of Yakutsk for about 1,200 miles in a northerly direction. DECLINE AND REVIVAL OF SILVER MINING. Silver mining in Russia reached its zenith in 1887, when the production amounted to 33,800 pounds. The output then diminished steadily until 1901, when it totaled 2,407.8 pounds. A slight gain followed, ..