Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . i^5,()()(),()0(). The total output of this mine from the beginning isreported to amount to aljout >^3(),()()(),0()0. Suan Mine (i^^cillU) has con-siderably increased its output in recent years and it is now on a par withthat of Unsan Mine (3^:iljtiKllj)- Next to these comes Chiksan Gold Muie I a] )a activity in the Korean mining field may Idc said to date fromabout 1911, when some Japanese mining magnates, who had hitherto held backfrom any activity in the Peninsula on account of its unsettled state, at lastentered the arena. The gold fields, so far kn
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . i^5,()()(),()0(). The total output of this mine from the beginning isreported to amount to aljout >^3(),()()(),0()0. Suan Mine (i^^cillU) has con-siderably increased its output in recent years and it is now on a par withthat of Unsan Mine (3^:iljtiKllj)- Next to these comes Chiksan Gold Muie I a] )a activity in the Korean mining field may Idc said to date fromabout 1911, when some Japanese mining magnates, who had hitherto held backfrom any activity in the Peninsula on account of its unsettled state, at lastentered the arena. The gold fields, so far known, Ijeing already occu])ied bymen of other nationalities, their activity was mostly exerted in other directions,principally coal and iron, the principal mines iDeing the iron mine near Kyumi]3o(^llJfS) operated by the Mitsubishi Firm, Kaichun Iron Mine (fl^jl^l!li^lJ) bythe Mitsui Firm, Koosung Gold Mine (fj^feftDljllj) by the Furukawa Company,and Anju Coal Mine {^H\§ii)i) by the Meiji Mining Company. Kapsan Copper 95 — 168. 168. Suan (ii^^) Mine, Whanghai Province (siitfj^iii). i 3 mil g ^ ^ P^^^^^^^ 1 ^^;,~- .5te:sig * ? s% ,,?:v-. >5,/ -r^a ^^ *^y ?i 169. Chiksan i^;U) Mine, South Choongchung Province (.)- Mine (tli| Ife ill) fornifrly Ix^longed to an American firm but was purchased in1916 l3\ the Kuhara Mining Comjiany, by which it is now worked. In additionto these the Kuhara Firm cstalilished a gold smeUry in Chinnampo (|a|^jS)in 1914, and the large iron foundry established l)y the Mitsubishi Companyat Kyumijio (^_:ljrtl) saw the completion of the first stage of its extensivejjlan in 191S. Along the Taidoag Kivcr (;^lii]ir) run rich veins of anthracite coal tor {Continued on Page 9S) — 96 — 170
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