In minerals Russia is extremely rich, but the extracting earths do not extend everywhere on empire,

In minerals Russia is extremely rich, but the extracting earths do not extend everywhere on empire, but limited to certain areas. And thus they, as can speak, vigorously are not worked. The big gold mines of the Ural mountains would not pay, expenses as is worked now were them not supplied with work of the criminal. Owing to the heavy customs duties on the imported goods which is imposed on pig-iron in almost, all iron now necessary for iron for empire, is received at home, but it makes only 46 pounds on the inhabitant, in comparison with 810 pounds on the inhabitant, used in the Great Britain. Coal very much is a lot of, especially valley Donetz, but fire wood is so numerous in the internal purposes, and hydraulic power, so numerous for heavy , that the quantity of the coal extracted in all Russia, is only one twelfth which has extracted in Germany, and only one twenty fourth which has extracted in the Great Britain. More than 2 250 000 tons of coal are imported despite very heavy patronising duties. There is one mineral product, however, in which Russia surpasses all other European countries. It is oil. Oil fountains on Caspian sea make an annual crop of crude oil of average value 15 000 000$. Value of oil and the mineral oil exported in 1896, made more than 22 000 000$.
TRADE OF RUSSIA AND MANUFACTURING