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| + | ===Diamonds=== | ||
| + | *Early Records of Diamond Mining in India [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:OrLzpePhwbAJ:www.10ikcbangalore.com/docs/10th_IKC_Ext_Abst_sample.pdf+Diamond+Mine+British+India&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj1TGGenRmUo-yj-IyBgndmdobEnFNBfY0IzVtMgbrMWSRZSA3hcogrDoLKIkIctKhGxSrnYvWnj0-GFyR-trT2aAUtdQSg5siiC5X_e-sGlqm3z8w-DRRqV8hXQ3AmY-cYc8D-&sig=AHIEtbS1k1e_qAirATkHKMwFL8KKJrOOhg html version] [http://www.10ikcbangalore.com/docs/10th_IKC_Ext_Abst_sample.pdf original pdf] Extended Abstract for a paper by Fareeduddin and R.H. Sawakar at the 10th International Kimberlite Conference, Bangalore 2012. | ||
| + | *[http://www.minelinks.com/alluvial/diamondGeology2.html Diamond In India: Historical Review Of Diamond Geology And Mining] by Rafal Swiecki, geological engineer. Click at the bottom of the page for more pages. www.minelinks.com/alluvial | ||
| + | **Includes [http://www.minelinks.com/alluvial/diamondGeology_1.html Map of Diamond Fields in India] | ||
| + | *[http://www.allaboutgemstones.com/diamond_mines_golconda.html Diamond Mines of the World: India's Diamonds of Golconda] Allaboutgemstones.com | ||
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| + | ===Rubies=== | ||
*[http://www.palagems.com/burma_ruby.htm "Fire-Hearted Pebbles from Burma"] by C.M. Enriquez, reprinted from ''Asia Magazine'', October, 1930, Vol. 30, No. 10, pp. 722–725, 733. , is about the ruby mines of Burma and the Burma Ruby Mines Company. Palagems.com | *[http://www.palagems.com/burma_ruby.htm "Fire-Hearted Pebbles from Burma"] by C.M. Enriquez, reprinted from ''Asia Magazine'', October, 1930, Vol. 30, No. 10, pp. 722–725, 733. , is about the ruby mines of Burma and the Burma Ruby Mines Company. Palagems.com | ||
| + | ===Salt=== | ||
*[http://pakistaniat.com/2007/06/14/khewra-salt-mines-of-pakistan/ Khewra Salt Mines of Pakistan] 14 June 2007 All Things Pakistan | *[http://pakistaniat.com/2007/06/14/khewra-salt-mines-of-pakistan/ Khewra Salt Mines of Pakistan] 14 June 2007 All Things Pakistan | ||
| − | ===Historical books online=== | + | ====Historical books online==== |
| − | + | =====Coal===== | |
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/miningengineer23goog#page/n9/mode/1up The Mining engineer Volume 32 1906-1907], page 203 (computer page n284) mentions the Giridih Coal- Field, Bengal | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/miningengineer23goog#page/n9/mode/1up The Mining engineer Volume 32 1906-1907], page 203 (computer page n284) mentions the Giridih Coal- Field, Bengal | ||
*[http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/k/kipling/rudyard/giridih/index.html "The Giridih Coal Fields"] by Rudyard Kipling 1891 eBooks@Adelaide. | *[http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/k/kipling/rudyard/giridih/index.html "The Giridih Coal Fields"] by Rudyard Kipling 1891 eBooks@Adelaide. | ||
**Article about [http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_giridih_intro.htm The Giridih Coal Fields] from Kipling.org.uk | **Article about [http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_giridih_intro.htm The Giridih Coal Fields] from Kipling.org.uk | ||
| + | =====Diamonds===== | ||
| + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/diamondcattellew00cattrich#page/n179/mode/2up "The Diamond Mines of India"] Chapter 8, ''The Diamond'' by W.R. Cattelle 1911 Archive.org | ||
| + | *''Travels in India by Jean Baptiste Tavernier, baron of Aubonne, tr. from the original French edition of 1676, with a biographical sketch of the author, notes, appendices, etc., by V. Ball''. 1889 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/travelsinindia00unkngoog#page/n8/mode/2up Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/travelsinindia00tavegoog#page/n9/mode/2up Volume 2]. Includes an account of diamond mining in India at the time of his visits, including 1652 | ||
| + | =====Gold===== | ||
| + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n23/mode/2up, ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris''] by W Francis 1908 Archive.org, page 13 (computer page n23) gives a history of gold mining in the area around Wynaad in the Nilgiris which had been abandoned by the early 1900’s. Mentions the Alpha Gold Mining Company, the Phoenix, Balcarres and Richmond mines and the Indian Glenrock (Wynaad) Co. | ||
| + | =====Tin===== | ||
| + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromr00indgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''Selections from the Records of the Government of Bengal: no 6: Report on the Tin and Other Mineral Productions of the Tenasserim Provinces''] 1852 Archive.org | ||
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[[Category:Occupations]] | [[Category:Occupations]] | ||
[[Category:Commerce and trade]] | [[Category:Commerce and trade]] | ||
Revision as of 10:26, 19 July 2011
Contents
Related articles
Records at the British Library
- Science and the Changing Environment in India 1780-1920: A Guide to Sources in the India Office Records by Richard Axelby and Savithri Preetha Nair 2009. The guide is arranged in eleven chapters including one in respect of geology. Available through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop
External links
Diamonds
- Early Records of Diamond Mining in India html version original pdf Extended Abstract for a paper by Fareeduddin and R.H. Sawakar at the 10th International Kimberlite Conference, Bangalore 2012.
- Diamond In India: Historical Review Of Diamond Geology And Mining by Rafal Swiecki, geological engineer. Click at the bottom of the page for more pages. www.minelinks.com/alluvial
- Includes Map of Diamond Fields in India
- Diamond Mines of the World: India's Diamonds of Golconda Allaboutgemstones.com
Rubies
- "Fire-Hearted Pebbles from Burma" by C.M. Enriquez, reprinted from Asia Magazine, October, 1930, Vol. 30, No. 10, pp. 722–725, 733. , is about the ruby mines of Burma and the Burma Ruby Mines Company. Palagems.com
Salt
- Khewra Salt Mines of Pakistan 14 June 2007 All Things Pakistan
Historical books online
Coal
- The Mining engineer Volume 32 1906-1907, page 203 (computer page n284) mentions the Giridih Coal- Field, Bengal
- "The Giridih Coal Fields" by Rudyard Kipling 1891 eBooks@Adelaide.
- Article about The Giridih Coal Fields from Kipling.org.uk
Diamonds
- "The Diamond Mines of India" Chapter 8, The Diamond by W.R. Cattelle 1911 Archive.org
- Travels in India by Jean Baptiste Tavernier, baron of Aubonne, tr. from the original French edition of 1676, with a biographical sketch of the author, notes, appendices, etc., by V. Ball. 1889 Archive.org Volume 1, Volume 2. Includes an account of diamond mining in India at the time of his visits, including 1652
Gold
- Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris by W Francis 1908 Archive.org, page 13 (computer page n23) gives a history of gold mining in the area around Wynaad in the Nilgiris which had been abandoned by the early 1900’s. Mentions the Alpha Gold Mining Company, the Phoenix, Balcarres and Richmond mines and the Indian Glenrock (Wynaad) Co.
