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===Salt===
 
===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
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*[http://cires.colorado.edu/~bilham/Oldham.htm  Richard Dixon Oldham 1858-1936],  the first Director of the Geological Survey of India from Roger Bilham’s [http://cires.colorado.edu/~bilham Earthquakes and Tectonic Plate motions]
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/amanualgeologyi00mallgoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''A Manual of the Geology of India Part 3. Economic Geology''] by V. Ball. 1881 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/amanualgeologyi00mallgoog#page/n14/mode/2up Contents] Includes sections on Diamonds, Gold etc etc
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/amanualgeologyi00mallgoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''A Manual of the Geology of India Part 3. Economic Geology''] by V. Ball. 1881 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/amanualgeologyi00mallgoog#page/n14/mode/2up Contents] Includes sections on Diamonds, Gold etc etc
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bibliographyofin00oldhrich#page/n3/mode/2up ''A Bibliography of Indian Geology being a list of books and papers, relating to the geology of British India and adjoining countries, published previous to the end of A.D. 1887''] by R. D. Oldham 1888 Archive.org
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bibliographyofin00oldhrich#page/n3/mode/2up ''A Bibliography of Indian Geology being a list of books and papers, relating to the geology of British India and adjoining countries, published previous to the end of A.D. 1887''] by R. D. Oldham 1888 Archive.org
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/p1abibliographyo00indiuoft#page/n5/mode/2up  ''A Bibliography of Indian Geology and Physical Geography'' (Part 1A)] by T.H.D. La Touche 1917 Archive.org. Incorporates Oldham’s listings.  Other parts of the Bibliography may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/p1abibliographyo00indiuoft#page/n5/mode/2up  ''A Bibliography of Indian Geology and Physical Geography'' (Part 1A)] by T.H.D. La Touche 1917 Archive.org. Incorporates Oldham’s listings.  Other parts of the Bibliography may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
  
=====Coal=====
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====Coal====
 
*[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=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=14lwAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA261  "Description of the North West Coal District, stretching along the Damoda"], page 261 ''Gleanings in Science, Volume 1'' 1829 Google Books
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**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
  
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*[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
 
*''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
 
*''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
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*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924023461456#page/n5/mode/2up ''Burmah No 2: Correspondence respecting the Ruby Mines of Upper Burmah''] presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty 1887 Archive.org
 
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924023461456#page/n5/mode/2up ''Burmah No 2: Correspondence respecting the Ruby Mines of Upper Burmah''] presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty 1887 Archive.org
  
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*[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
 
*[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
 
*[http://ia600506.us.archive.org/5/items/goldsportandcoff13746gut/13746-h/13746-h.htm#Page_190 Chapter VII Gold] from [http://ia600506.us.archive.org/5/items/goldsportandcoff13746gut/13746-h/13746-h.htm ''Gold, Sport, And Coffee Planting In Mysore''] by Robert H. Elliot 1898 Archive.org .  
 
*[http://ia600506.us.archive.org/5/items/goldsportandcoff13746gut/13746-h/13746-h.htm#Page_190 Chapter VII Gold] from [http://ia600506.us.archive.org/5/items/goldsportandcoff13746gut/13746-h/13746-h.htm ''Gold, Sport, And Coffee Planting In Mysore''] by Robert H. Elliot 1898 Archive.org .  
 
*[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://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.
  
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*[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
 
*[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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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

Coal

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

Individuals

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

Rubies

Gold

Tin

Recommended Reading

  • 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. For a review of this book see Research guides reading list. The guide is arranged in eleven chapters including one in respect of geology. Section A is "Mineral Resources" and the introduction to this reads: "Of the minerals which detail the discovery and extraction of the mineral resources of India, those on coal and iron are arranged geographically. There follows lists of sources for other minerals and metals, including copper, diamonds and precious stones, gold, lead, limestone, oil, stone, shale and slate, tin , silver, saltpetre, borax and antimony. Further reports on the mineral resources of India are in the series of publications of the Geological Survey of India. " This chapter is eleven pages long and covers a lot of references. Available through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop