Klausthal

Klausthal, the chief mining-town of the northern Harz Mountains, stands on a bleak plateau (1985 feet), 25 miles NE. of Göttingen. The ores raised are silver, lead, copper, and zinc. There is a good mining academy, with library, museum, and laboratory. Zellerfeld, divided from Klausthal by a brook, is also a mining centre. The mines are the property of the Prussian government. Pop. 8871; but including Zellerfeld, 13,278. The men are almost exclusively employed in the mines and smelting-works.