See also:

• GELLIVARA [GELLIVARE]

GELLIVARA [GELLIVARE]  , a See also:

• MINING

mining See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district (ldn) of Norrbotten, 815 m . N. by E. of See also:

• STOCKHOLM

Stockholm by See also:

• RAIL

rail . It lies in the well-nigh uninhabited region of See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish See also:

• LAPLAND, or LAPPLAND

Lapland, 43 M . N. of the See also:

• ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic Circle . It owes its importance to the See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron mines in the See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain Malmberget 4 ? M. to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, rising to 2024 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level (83o ft. above See also:

• GELLIVARA [GELLIVARE]

Gellivara town) . During the dark See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter months See also:

• WORK

work proceeds by the aid of electric See also:

• LIGHT

light . In 1864 the mines were acquired by an See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• COMPANY

company, but abandoned in 1867 . In 1884 another English company took them up and completed a provisional railway from Malmberget to See also:

• LULEA

Lulea at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the Gulf of See also:

• BOTHNIA, GULF OF

Bothnia (127 M . S.S.E.), besides executing a considerable portion of the preliminary See also:

• WORKS

works for the continuation of the See also:

• LINE

line on the See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side from Ofoten See also:

• FJORD, or FIORD

Fjord upwards (see See also:

• NARVIK

NARVIK) . But this company, after extracting some 150,000 tons of ore in 1888-1889, went igto See also:

• LIQUIDATION (i.e. making " liquid " or clear)

liquidation in the latter See also:

• YEAR

year . Two years later the mines passed into the hands of a Swedish company, and the railway was acquired by the Swedish See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government .

The output of ore was insignificant until 1892, when it stood at 178,000 tons; but in 1902 it amounted to 1,074,000 tons . Three See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles S.W. rises the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill Gellivara Dundret (2700 ft.), from which the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun is visible at midnight from See also:

• JUNE

June 5 to See also:

• JULY

July 11 . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish (about 65oo sq. m.) in 19oo was 11,745; the greater See also:

• PART

part of the population being congregated at the town of Gellivara and at Malmberget .