. The earth and its inhabitants .. . district is rich in agricultural produce, but the actual wealth of Dortmund is due rather to coal and iron mines and iron works than to its trade in corn.* Bochum (28,368 inhabitants), half-way between Dortmund and Essen, rivals both as a mining and industrial The other towns of this portion of Westphalia are equally distinguished for their industry. Foremost amongst them are Gehen- Jdrchen (11,295 inhabitants), Witten (18,106 inhabitants). Horde (12,837 inhabit- ants), and Harjen (26,870 inhabitants). Iser/ohn (16,838 inhabitants) has iron and zinc
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . district is rich in agricultural produce, but the actual wealth of Dortmund is due rather to coal and iron mines and iron works than to its trade in corn.* Bochum (28,368 inhabitants), half-way between Dortmund and Essen, rivals both as a mining and industrial The other towns of this portion of Westphalia are equally distinguished for their industry. Foremost amongst them are Gehen- Jdrchen (11,295 inhabitants), Witten (18,106 inhabitants). Horde (12,837 inhabit- ants), and Harjen (26,870 inhabitants). Iser/ohn (16,838 inhabitants) has iron and zinc mines as well as lime-kilns, and, like its neighbours, engages in the manu- facture of every description of hardware. But whilst industry has transformed the villages of Southern Westphalia into large towns, Soest (13,099 inhabitants), which was formerly one of the largest * The district of Dortmund annually yields 3,300,000 tons of coal and 89,000 tons of iron ore. while 280,000 tons of pig-iron and steel are produced yearly, t About 6,000,000 tons of coal are raised annually.
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