مراسلات وأوراق مطبوعة وقصاصات صحفية تتعلق بشركة البنك الفارسي لحقوق التعدين المحدودة [و‎‎٢‎٢‎٧] (٥٨٦/٤٩٢)

IHh EMPIRE OF PERSIA comprises an area of (>36 000 souare miles i
feat undeveloped wealth. The subjoined notes on the mines are token fom ti’T 68868
Keports of Ur. EMIL TlETZE and General A. HOUTUM Schindlek. " u,( en t
The well-known book on Persia of Dr. Polak, published at Leipsie in 1865, contains M ss
as to the mineral wealth of Persia, of which the following are translations ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية
Preface, page XIV., “ Its unbounded wealth in coal, iron and copper deposits onlv , .
set on loot a mighty industry, for which the industrious character and aptitude of !he lah ^ T
every mducemeut.” Again, at page 174 (part 2), “ Scarcely any country of the earth can v e UP ^
metals, especially copper. Nearly every district has its copper mine ■ on'the north. ' T , T 3,!> aS t0 richeS 1,1
twenty such can be counted, and as many more in the environs of Ka’zvin ” At ,n o " ElbUr%
extent that the demand for it in the country is amply supplied and also a surplus left for ’ ' tun “ ‘ 0 SUCl1 “
the lead ore ts found near Kirmati ; it is argentiferous.” “ Manganese used in tt | XP 1 “* greater P ° rti0n of
near Kirman.” At page 178, “ Coal, which parti, lies exposed’in vast seams is 10 ^ “ take “ fl '° ,U
roads and the absence of demand for industrial purposes. The scam upon the norfl T,”™ 4 ’ wi "« to “ nt
appears already below Kazvin, at the village of If, then shows itself in the I a- ■ v. 'li"’ 3 0,16 0 ‘ ’ Elbu ' ,2 ’ near Telleran >
called Divasia, and lastly makes itself visible near the small town of Ash "on ^ ’ a3p °® aUj m a I ' ,,llow of
formation is very abundantly represented.” ’ Uei ^ eras * Altogether the coal
NOTES ON TTIE MINES.
^ ^ ^ 70 -tal, and are within
“ . S ’ ab “f 45 " 1,les east ot Bushira - at Welsh coal sells at an average price of 43a. 41. per ton . TL
value therefore of these coalfields, which arc said to stretch over a vast area, must be immense.
COPPER is the metal most employed in Persia, the natives making all their pots, pans, and other vessels with it
Copper ore is very abundant and very rich ; even in 1875 some Persian blue copper ore was sold at the rate of £38 11*. 8-1M.
per ton. Only a few copper mines have been worked, and that only to a small extent. Persia has no factories for rolling the
copper into plates, and a very great quantity of the latter are annually imported from Europe ; further, the smelting is so
imperfectly done that the copper is turned out very impure.
LEAD is also very plentifully found in Persia, and the ore is rich in metal. Besides others, extensive lead mines
exist on the northern slopes of the Elburz Mountains, and within easy range of the Caspian ports ; this is exceedingly important
as Russia requires considerably over 100,000 tons of lead per annum, and her own mines furnish her with less than one-sixteenth
of her requirements.
MANGANESE.—Very fine Manganese is obtained in the Soutli of Persia, about 60 miles from Kerman.
BORAX.—Samples of crystals, which were examined by experts with the view of sending to the London market, were
put at a very high figure ; it is found N.W. of Kerman.
ASBESTOS, which in Persia is of short but very good fibre, was only discovered there about four years ago; it is
also found near Kerman.
MERCURY.—Considerable quantities of Cinnabar may he found west of Zenjan (half-way between Teheran and
Tabreez). Pure Mercury has also been observed trickling out of the basalt rocks in the same district.
PETROLEUM occurs at various places in Persia, notably near Schushter and near Bushire. A great feature of the
Persian Petroleum is that it is of small specific gravity, and does not therefore require (which the Baku petroleum does)
distillation before it can be used for lamps, &c.