KRIVOY ROG

krivoy rog, a town of south russia, in the government of kherson, on the ingulets river, near the station of the same name on the ekaterinoslav railway, 113 m. s.w. of the city of ekaterinoslav. pop. (1900), about 10,000. it is the centre of a district very rich in minerals, obtained from a narrow stretch of crystalline schists underlying the tertiary deposits. iron ores (60 to 70% of iron), copper ores, colours, brown coal, graphite, slate, and lithographic stone are obtained--nearly 2,000,000 tons of iron ore annually.