GOLD IN RUSSIA.

Southland Times, Issue 899, 14 February 1868, Page 3

GOLD IN RUSSIA.

The quantity of gold produced in 1864 by private industry, as well in the Oural mountains as in Eastern Siberia, amounted to nineteen tons, showing a slight falling off, as compared with the year 1863. The year 1865 was one of the most favorable character for the production of Russian gold, the results obtained having everywhere surpassed those of the preceding years. As regards Eastern Siberia, the production of 1855 exceeded that of 1864 by 743 tons, and that of 1863 by 186 |tons. This augmentation, which would have been greater if drought had not often interrupted the work, was the result of works in new bearings. In Western Siberia, 18fi5 yielded 272 tons more gold than was obtained in 1864, and almost twice as much as was produced in j 1863. In the Oural district the production has scarcely changed oflate years. From an absence of j statistical documents as to the production of the state in the Oural district and in Eastern Siberia, we can only form an idea of the importance of its bearing adopt as a minimum the average pro- j ductioa of former years — that is about 1*670 tons for the Oural group, and 2*293 tons for Eastern Siberia. The total production of gold in Russia was estimated at nearly three tons in 1864, and at a little more than twenty six tons in 1865. — London Mining Journal.