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'''Kodaigaon Manganese Mine Railway'''

The 'Indian Manganese Company' established the Kodaigaon Manganese Mine  which commenced operations in 1904 at Kodaigaon, [[Nagpur|Nagpur Distict]], [[Central Provinces]]; [[Martin & Company]] were the  [[Managing Agencies |Managing Agent]] . The prospecting and mining rights having been held by 'Messrs Gow-Smith, Dundas Whiffen & Co'. In 1932 it was described as the deepest open cast manganese mine in India <ref name =WH97>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at  http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference:  Entry WH97 page ....</ref>.

The ore was loaded into tubs running on lines down the centre of the mine floor, which were tipped into skips which were drawn up a 45 degree incline at the end of the line. Seperate inclines removed the overburden linking to lines around the sides of the mine. The record show that a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) system was used <ref name =WH97/>. 

The ore when reaching the surface was tipped into tubs which ran alongside the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] (BNR) wagons for transportation from the site <ref name =WH97/>.

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