Locul şi ponderea Văii Jiului în economia Dublei Monarhii 1880-1918
Place and weight of Jiu Valley in the Economy of Dual Monarchy 1880-1918

Summary/Abstract: Beginning with the 80th of the 19th century, in the coal mining region of the Jiu Valley began a rash development. As a result of this process, the region became the most important coal-field of the Hungarian part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. The place occupied and the role played in the economy of the dualist state deserve a carefully analysis of the data’s. Comparing the production results in this period reported by the different companies shows a step by step growing of this valley, until it occupied the first place between the largest coal-producing regions of the Hungarian Kingdom. A relevant example is the Jiu Valley-subsidiary of the Salgótarján Coal- Mining Company, which in 1912 already realized a higher production than the parent establishment in the Salgótarján region.

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