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price, and the total production may have been worth about
kr. 1,000,000.

The following table is a summary of the mining industry
during the years 1896 and 1897.

Mining in Norway	Quantities produced		Value of Production		Number of hands employed
	1896	1897	1896	1897	1896	1897
	Tons	Tons	Kr.	Kr.
Silver and silver ore	527	760	400,000	464,000	225	225
Gold .........			35,000	2,500	93	191
Copper ore	29,910	27,606	1,136,100	1,144,100	1,303	1,133
Pyrites, partly cupriferous	60,507	94,484	970,000	1,445,000	248	519
Nickel ore.......					3
Cobalt schlichs ...	29	24	10,000	10,000	40	30
Iron ore.......	2,000	3,627	14,000	21,000	8	150
Zinc ore ........	450	908	13,500	27,000	52	168
Molybdena	4	2	6,000	3,000	15	9
Rutile .........	30	32	36,000	20,000		9
Total .....	93,457	127,443	2,620,600	3,136,600	1,987	2,434

To this must be added the production of feldspar, apatite
and other useful minerals, and hewn stone. The export value of
hewn stone in 1898 was kr. 2,023,000, while the average for the
years 1891—95 was kr. 852,000. The corresponding figures for
feldspar were respectively kr. 181,700 and 136,800, and for apatite
197,600 and 170,700.

Mining for apatite is carried on in the county of
Bratsberg. The industry was of no importance until 1872, when rich
lodes of apatite were found near Ødegaard, the result being the
establishment of large works employing up to 800 men. The
production has reached 17,000 tons of the value of 2 million
kroner. Some mines have been worked by Frenchmen and others
by Norwegians, but the industry has of late years been considerably
reduced.

Feldspar, which occurs in coarse-grained lodes together with
mica and quartz, is mined at different places in the county of
Smaalenene, and in the coast region from Bamle to Arendal.
The output as a rule varies between 6000 and 12,000 tons.

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