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Gold
=====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.
*[http://archive.org/stream/myvisittogoldfie00jennrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''My visit to the goldfields in the South East Wynaad''] by Samuel Jennings 1881 Archive.org
 
=====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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