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THE ECONOMIC RESOURCES OF RUSSIA 115
Eastern Siberia All Russia except Finland
In poods Percentage of the total output In poods
Gold 2,534 71-0 3.569
Platinum . — — 337-3
Silver — — 1,100
Lead — — 103,740
Zinc — — 714,800
Copper 1,000 o’o 1,972,000
Pig-iron . — — 256,266,000
Iron and steel . — — 227,541,000
Manganese ore . — — 50,192,000
Coal 66,700,000 3-5 1,887,000,000
Naphtha . — — 565,300,000
Salt .... 600,000 °’5 116,364,000
It appears from this table that the Ural Mountains are
the chief centre for the supply of minerals, with the
exception of salt, of which 72*5 per cent, is produced in the South
and South-East of Russia ; zinc, of which 74/8 per cent
comes from the Western mineral region ; pig-iron and iron
and steel, of which 67*7 per cent, and 56^2 per cent,
respectively is derived from the South and South-East of Russia ;
and naphtha, of which 97*0 per cent, is found in the Caucasus.
But these figures, of course, cannot give an idea of the
potentialities of the hitherto undeveloped mineral resources
of Russia.
Coal.—Coal is present in the soil of many parts of the
country in great quantity. The richest coal-field of European
Russia is situated in the Donetz basin, which supplies 55
per cent, of coal and 80 per cent, of the coke consumed in
the Empire. Besides, coal deposits are found in Dombrova
in Poland, in the Ural and the Moscow basin. Siberia
possesses enormous coal-fields. The Kutznetsk basin
surpasses the Donetz deposits; the Ekibastus coal-field on the
Irtysh River extends over twenty-five square miles. In
Western Siberia, the Sudzhensky district, the Tcheremkova
field near Irkutsk, the Karraginsky mine, which belongs to
the Spassky Copper Company, and the Minusinsk region
in the eastern part of the Altai, contain rich and practically
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