The international geography . o favoured as Great Britain inthis respect; its output of 33 million tons of coal (in 1900) is insufficient,and an annual import of from 12 to 15 million tons from England, Belgiumand Germany is required. The numerous coal-fields include the group of theNord and the Pas-de-Calais, which yield 60 per cent, of the total production,and those of the Loire (St. Etienne), Burgundy and Nivernais (Le Creusot), Gard (Alais), Tarn and Aveyron(Aubin, Carmaux), and Bourbon-nais (Commentry). Altogether140,000 workmen are employed incoal mines. The average price ofthe coal at t
The international geography . o favoured as Great Britain inthis respect; its output of 33 million tons of coal (in 1900) is insufficient,and an annual import of from 12 to 15 million tons from England, Belgiumand Germany is required. The numerous coal-fields include the group of theNord and the Pas-de-Calais, which yield 60 per cent, of the total production,and those of the Loire (St. Etienne), Burgundy and Nivernais (Le Creusot), Gard (Alais), Tarn and Aveyron(Aubin, Carmaux), and Bourbon-nais (Commentry). Altogether140,000 workmen are employed incoal mines. The average price ofthe coal at the pit mouth variesfrom 7s. 6d. per ton in the northerncoal-fields to lis. per ton in theLoire field ; but on account of thecost of transport the price as soldin the department of Haute-Vienneis increased to 29s. per ton, a factwhich acts prejudicially on themanufactures of districts far fromthe coal-fields. The coal produc-tion of France is shown graphicallyin Fig. 70. Iron ore is largely ex-tracted from the oolitic rocks at. FiGo 122.—The range of the vine in France-shown by vertical shading. Nancy and Briey, the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle yielding nine-tenths of the iron raised in France, and in the Oolite of Champagne(Vassy); some iron is also produced in Franche-Comte and the production of cast-iron, wrought-iron and steel exceeded five milliontons in 1900, most of it being produced in Meurthe-et-Moselle, at LeCreusot, the rival of Essen in Germany and Seraing in Belgium, and atFives-Lille. Building materials and other mineral products are obtainedby quarrying. The more important are marble from the Pyrenees,building stones from Lorraine, Burgundy, Berry, and Bordelais, mill-stonesand hydraulic cement from Ardeche, plaster from the neighbourhood ofParis, as well as phosphate of lime (Somme and Pas-de-Calais), and marl. Textile industries flourish most in the neighbourhood of coal-fields andnear the supply of raw materials. With the coal-field of the No
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