Mineral Resources of Georgia and Caucasia

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Excerpt from Mineral Resources of Georgia and Caucasia: Manganese Industry of Georgia The Georgians are an ancient civilized race with three thousand years of existence, but in spite of that very little known, as Georgia since 1801 ceased to be an independent kingdom, was forcibly annexed by the Russian Empire in violation of the Treaty of 1783, and was never allowed to make herself known to the outside world. Geography. Georgia is situated in Transcaucasia, between the Black and the Caspian Seas(40-49 northern latitude, and 39-47 east of Greenwich). She is separated from the North Caucasus by the celebrated Caucasian mountain chain, which stretches for a distance of a thousand miles from the Black Sea to the Caspian, and has an average height of 10, 000 feet and in some places, as in the peaks of the Elbruz and the Kasbek, even 18, 000 feet. Georgia comprises the following provinces and districts: Tiflis, Zakathal, Kutais, Sukhum, the northern part of the Black Sea Province towards Tuapse, Ardahan and Olti districts, provinces of Batum and Lazistan up to Trebizond. The total area of this territory is 43, 000 square miles. The frontiers of Georgia are: in the north, the Caucasian mountain chain, in the east, Aderbeijan, in the south, Armenia, and in the south-west, Turkey. Among the rivers the most prominent are: Kura, 310 miles long, Ingur, 95 miles , Rion, 140 miles , Chorokb, 160 miles , Terek, 210 miles. The climate of Georgia is very similar to that of Italy and Spain. Under the protection of the Caucasian mountains and with plenty of moisture, there is a rich vegetation, and at a height of 4, 000 feet there grow vast forests of oak, beech, chestnut, pines boxwood, etc. 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.