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Altai Gold Rush

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the Ural 309 poods. In 1844, layers of gold sand of the same type as those of the Urals were discovered in the Altai, the production of which was distributed to the east by the Popof house, which specialized in the trade of Inner Asia. As a result, in 1845, the Urals yielded only 5 tons of gold and the Altai 16 tons. The year 1847 was the peak of
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accelerated between 1823 and 1838, thanks to the mines of the Altai, with an average of 15.2 tons of gold per year. In 1836, 293 golden poods (one pood is equal to about 16 kilograms) came from the Urals and 104 poods from the Altai. The following year, in 1837, the Altai gave 160 golden poods and
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was then shared between individuals and the Russian crown. By reserving for itself the western side of the chain, the latter has handed over the eastern side to the efforts of private industry. The 20% to 25% duty levied for the benefit of the
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of Russia, however, encourages some of the gold extracted to be concealed, as much as possible: only a fifth of the production is declared, according to an engineer's estimate.
302:"Journal des économistes: revue mensuel de la science économique", by the Société d'économie politique de Paris and the Société de statistique de Paris, page 132 (1848) 139:, a word which means "the golden mountain range" in Turko-Mongolian, is also found in rich mines at Schlangenberg, Smeinogorsk, Ridderski and Syrianowski. This 35:), peaked in the middle of the CE.19th century, after having begun in the previous century, when silver deposits were also exploited for their gold content. 78:
and then exploited by Akenfi Demidoff. That of the Alataou mountains, where gold mining is much more recent, sees its expansion date back only to 1830.
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Material Civilization, Economy and Capitalism - 15th century - 8th century
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whose name comes from a Turko-Mongolian word meaning "gold coin" (cf.
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De la Production et de la démonétisation de l'or, by Léon Faucher,
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In 1829, the German naturalist, geographer and explorer
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calculated that the gold production of the whole of
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Index

Siberia
Altun
fr
Ore Altai
fr
Tcharysh
Irtysh
Altai
Siberia
Nerchinsk
Siberia
gold
silver
Siberia
Nerchinsk
Altai
Gazette de France
St. Petersburg
Gold
silver
Siberia
Nerchinsk
Altai
Nerchinsk
Altai
Altai
Ural Gold Rush
Alexander von Humboldt
Altai
geology

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