An indication of the relative importance of different European countries in the production of ores and metals of less aggregate value than coal and iron is given in the following tables[54]:--
+--------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ | | Gold. | Silver. |Quicksilver | Tin Ore. | | | | | Ore. | | +--------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ | | kilos. | kilos. | m.t. | m.t. | | Austria | 126 | 38,940 | 91,494 | 54 | | German Empire | 121 | 177,183 | .. | 134 | | Hungary | 3,738 | 13,642 | .. | .. | | Italy | .. | .. | 80,638 | .. | | Norway | .. | 6,367 | .. | .. | | Portugal | 29 | .. | .. | 22 | | Russia | 8,202[55] | .. | ?[57] | .. | | Spain | .. | ?[56] | 26,186 | 86 | | United Kingdom | 58 | 4,614 | .. | 7,268[58]| +--------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ Kilos = kilograms. M.t. = metric tons.
+--------------------+-------------+------------+------------+------------+ | | Copper Ore. | Lead Ore. | Manganese | Zinc Ore. | | | | | Ore. | | +--------------------+-------------+------------+------------+------------+ | | m.t. | m.t. | m.t. | m.t. | | Austria | 20,255 | 19,683 | 13,402 | 32,037 | | Belgium | .. | 121 | 120 | 3,858 | | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 765 | .. | 7,651 | 31 | | France | 2,547 | 11,795[62]| 11,189 | 53,466 | | German Empire | 768,523 | 140,914 | 52,485 | 704,590 | | Greece | .. | ?[63] | 10,040 | 26,258 | | Hungary | 1,338 | 564 | 10,895 | .. | | Italy | 147,135 | 40,945 | 3,060 | 155,821 | | Norway | 32,203 | (see zinc) | .. | 3,308[66]| | Portugal | 352,689[59]| 511 | 22 | 1,267 | | Russia | ?[60] | .. | ?[65] | 9,612 | | Spain |2,888,777[61]| 263,519[64]| 62,822 | 170,383 | | Sweden | 19,655 | 1,938[62]| 2,680 | 52,552[67]| | United Kingdom | 7,598 | 31,289 | 23,127 | 23,190 | +--------------------+-------------+------------+------------+------------+ M.t. = metric tons.
Platinum has hitherto been obtained nowhere in Europe except in the auriferous sands in the Russian government of Perm. Nickel is derived from Germany, Norway and Sweden; antimony from Germany and Hungary; bismuth from Saxony and Bohemia. Bauxite, which is used in the manufacture of aluminium, is obtained from France, Styria and Ireland. In order of importance the chief salt-producing countries are the United Kingdom (in which for some years the amount produced has been for the most part stationary or declining), Germany (which is rapidly increasing its production), Russia, France, Spain, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Rumania and Switzerland. Besides common salt Germany has for many years been producing a rapidly increasing amount of potash salts, of which it has almost a monopoly. Italy (chiefly Sicily) is by far the most important producer of sulphur. Among other mineral products may be mentioned the boric acid and statuary marble of Tuscany, the statuary marble of Greece, the asphalt of Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Austria-Hungary, the slates of Wales, Scotland and France, the kaolin of Germany, England and France, and the abundant glass sands of Belgium, France and Bohemia.