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=====Coal=====
=====Coal=====
*[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://books.google.com.au/books?id=14lwAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA178 "Notice of the Newly discovered Coal Mine"],  page 178 ''Gleanings in Science, Volume 1'' 1829 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=14lwAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA261  "Description of the North West Coal District, stretching along the Damoda"], page 261 ''Gleanings in Science, Volume 1'' 1829 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4ohwAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA217 "On the Coal field of Palamu"] page 217 ''Gleanings in Science, Volume 2'' 1830 Google Books
*[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=====
=====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
*[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

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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

General

  • "History Of Mining In India - Circa 1400 - 1800 And Technology Status" by S Bagchi and A K Ghose Indian Journal of History of Science 15(1):25-29, May 1980 html version, original pdf

Diamonds

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

Historical books online

General
Coal
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.
Tin