Industries of Russia: Mining and Metallurgy
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- Title
- Industries of Russia: Mining and Metallurgy
- Author
- John Crowford
- Publication year listed
- 1893
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Industries of Russia: Mining and Metallurgy
Author: Кеппен, Алексей Петрович, 1841-19??
Year: 1893
Transl. by John Crowford. — St. Petersburg: Mining Department Ministry of Crown Domains, 1893. — (Industries of Russia. Vol. IV) — 114 p. For the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. With a set of mining maps. The mining industries, which constitute one of the chief branches of national economy and whose products form the most important objects of national wealth and consumption, undoubtedly deserve special attention among the various branches of industry of the Empire. The present review of the Russian Mining Industries was written for the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago, 1893, and its main object is to acquaint foreign countries with the position of the industry in Russia. This work has been based upon the facts and data given in the oflicial mining and metallurgical statistics annually published by the Alining Committee of Engineers, and the author has endeavoured to group these data in the clearest form possible and to elucidate them by giving the reasons which have brought the separate branches of the industry to their present position. Therefore, notwithstanding the brevity of the present review, it was impossible to neglect the historical side of the development
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