Excerpt from The Iron-Ore Resources of Europe This bulletin gives a summary of the facts concerning the deposits of iron ore in Europe and estimates of the quantities of ore and of iron they contain. It reports no original research work; it is simply the result of a study of the work of many writers and is an attempt to reduce the variant products of that work to common values. The geographic review of the deposits is preceded by a brief sketch of the nature and geology of iron-ore deposits in general and a few notes on the methods of utilizing the ores. The geologic distribution of the deposits is considered, and the more extensive deposits are described. The economic value of the iron ore in the several countries of Europe is shown by the statistics of production and consumption. Unfortunately, the political boundaries of many European States are still uncertain, and some valuable ore deposits are not yet definitely allocated to a particular political unit. Perhaps undue (mphasis is given to the deposits of Germany and France, but the political conditions from which this study arose make this emphasis natural, and it is probably in accord with the present popular interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.