Mention has already been made in the "North-China Daily News" of the fact that the building of the railway connecting the provincial capital with Hangchow and Shanghai will prove to be to the materi Klangst itself, and that the terminus of the line, is bound to prosper as a direct result, Although Kiangsi has a fairly large agricultural output each year, more Interest lies in its mining industries and potentialities, The industries are at the moment "sadly in need of development. About the time when the Mohammedans first entered China, and between the years G18 to 903 'AD, the principal copper mines of the country were situated in South Fukien and Kiangsi, with an annual production of about 1,000 tons, Between 900 and 1127, this had increased to some 3,000 tons' of copper a year, but to-day the mines have suffered decline, and have an annual pro-Guetion of Yess than 1,000 tons, Large Tungsten Reserves There are quite a fair number of tungsten mines in Kiangsi, all of which are easily worked by surface operations. Engineers who have made a special study of these mines state that Kisngst's tungsten mines possess large reserves, the alluvial deposits in the southern part of the province being especially good. In view of the fact that the new rollo way was built under the supervision of German engineers, who have also
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