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==Records at the British Library=Coal===*''Science There was coalmining in Cutch near the towns of Seesagud, and the Changing Environment in India 1780-1920Mandaree.<ref>harshawardhan_bosham nimkhedkar [https://web.archive.org/web/20200330234826/https: A Guide to Sources //lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/7730525/ Coalmining in the Cutch] ''Rootsweb India Office RecordsMailing List'' by Richard Axelby and Savithri Preetha Nair 200918 April 2004, written in response to Nicholas Balmer [https://web.archive.org/web/20200329035600/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb. The guide is arranged com/thread/7730665/ Coalmining in eleven chapters including one Cutch in respect of geology1827, Corporal Hay, Private W. Humphries, Ensign McCulloch Surgeon Gray IN], same Mailing List and date, both now archived. Available through Amazon</ref>*[https://web.coarchive.uk from the [org/web/20151017172847/http://astorearticles.amazoneconomictimes.coindiatimes.ukcom/faminbriindso2012-2109-17/detailnews/0712309454 FIBIS Shop33902536_1_coal-fires-jharkhand-minerals '"Dwarkanath Tagore: Rabindranath's grandfather played lead role in the history of coal mining in India'"] by Vikram Doctor, September 17, 2012 ''The Economic Times'', now an archived page. The first application to mine coal was made in 1770. Includes reference to mine in [[Burdwan]] at Raniganj, at Naraincoory, close to Raniganj, at Munglepore, where there were indigo plantations, and in [[Assam]]

*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+"Early Records of Diamond+Mine+British+Mining in 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 of a paper by Fareeduddin and R.H. Sawakar at for the 10th International Kimberlite Conference, Bangalore 2012.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190909051300/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, now archived.**Includes [https://web.archive.org/web/20101218015929/http://www.minelinks.com/alluvial/diamondGeology_1.html Map of Diamond Fields in India]*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150901083623/http://www.allaboutgemstones.com/diamond_mines_golconda.html Diamond Mines of the World: India's Diamonds of Golconda] Allaboutgemstones.com , now archived.

===Gold===*[http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/colour-of-money/article4837367.ece "Colour of money"] by P. Anima, June 21, 2013 ''The Hindu''. "When the British scoured the mountains and valleys of Malabar for gold". Source: Regional Archives Kozhikode ===Rubiesand Jade=== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180613123737/http://www.ruby-sapphire.com/pdf/Lloyd-1888-The-Expedition-to-the-Ruby-Mines-of-Upper-Burma-Journal-of-the-Royal-Artillery-p-435-short.pdf "The Expedition to the Ruby Mines of Upper Burma (A Short Sketch)"] by Captain W. N. Lloyd, R.A. ''Minutes of Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution Volume 15 1888''. (Scroll past the Contents pages) ruby-sapphire.com, now archived.

*[http://web.archive.org/web/20130122110640/http://pakistaniat.com/2007/06/14/khewra-salt-mines-of-pakistan/ Khewra Salt Mines of Pakistan] 14 June 2007 All Things Pakistan, now an archived website ===Individuals===*[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]*[http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Library-and-Information-Services/Exhibitions/Sir-Lewis-Leigh-Fermors-Diary-Life-in-Colonial-India "Sir Lewis Leigh Fermor's Diary: Life in Colonial India"] The Geological Society. Sir Lewis joined the Geological Survey of India in 1902, and was the Director officially 1932-1935, and unofficially for some years earlier. He was the father of well known travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor. Retrieved 14 August 2014*[https://scroll.in/magazine/845947/why-palaeolithic-man-avoided-the-western-ghats-and-other-discoveries-by-an-accidental-archaeologist "Why Palaeolithic man avoided the Western Ghats, and other discoveries by an accidental archaeologist"] by Vinita Govindarajan Aug 10, 2017. scroll.in. Robert Bruce Foote was a geologist and archaeologist and "the father of Indian prehistory".===Historical books online=========General====*[https://archive.org/details/b28763920 ''The India officer's and trader's pocket-guide. In purchasing the drugs and spices of Asia and the East-Indies: With practical directions for the choice of diamonds, and an accurate account of the Chinese touch-needles [by W. Lewis<nowiki>]</nowiki> ... To which are prefixed, a complete account of the officers privilege ... and the duties of, and drawbacks on, East India goods'']. Compiled from Authority by H D S. 2nd edition 1789 Archive.org. Chinese touch-needles were used to estimate gold purity.*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b52048?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Vazeeri Rupi, the silver country of the Vazeers, in Kulu: its beauties, antiquities, and silver mines. Including a trip over the lower Himalayah range and glaciers. With numerous illustrations''] by J. Calvert. 2nd Edition 1873 Hathi Trust. Kulu (Kooloo), Punjab is situated in the hills between Kashmir and Simla.*''A Manual of the Geology of India''**First edition 1879, and later: [https://archive.org/details/manualofgeologyo01geol ''Volume I: Peninsular Area''] by H B Medlicott and W T Blanford 1879; [https://archive.org/details/cu31924003914037 ''Volume II: Extra-Peninsular Area''] by H B Medlicott and W T Blanford 1879; [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. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.212425 ''Part 4 Minerology: Mainly Non-Economic''] by FR Mallet 1887. All Archive.org.**Second edition 1893 and later. [https://archive.org/details/amanualgeologyi00blangoog ''A Manual of the Geology of India: Stratigraphical and Structural Geology''] 2nd edition revised and largely rewritten by R D Oldham 1893 Archive.org. [This is probably a revision of Parts 1 and 2, published 1879]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.212424 ''A Manual of the Geology of India : Economic Geology by the late V. Ball. Pt.1, Corundum''] by T.H. Holland. 1898. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. A revision, in separate parts, of Part 3 of ''A Manual of the Geology of India.''**Third edition, revised and largely re written by Sir Edwin H Pascoe, under the title ''A Manual of the Geology of India and Burma'', published c 1950-1964. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.234051 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.234052 Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.5695 Volume III]. Archive.org.

*[http://www.archive.org/stream/p1abibliographyo00indiuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''A Bibliography of Indian Geology and Physical GeographyWith An Annotated Index Of Minerals Of Economic Value: Part I A Bibliography'' (Part 1A)] 1917 Archive.org by T.H.D. La Touche 1917 Archive.org. Incorporates Oldham’s listings. Other parts :[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.177344 ''A Bibliography Of Indian Geology And Physical Geography With An Annotated Index Of Minerals Of Economic Value: Part II An Annotated Index''] 1918 Archive.org *''Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India'' and ''Records of the Geological Survey of India'' are available on the Bibliography websites Archive.org. Readers in North America may be viewed online able to also access them on Google Books. For some ''Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India'' in respect of earthquakes, refer the pages on earthquakes [[Online booksMining industry#Related articles|above]]**Contents of the volumes of ''Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India'' to 1910, and ''Records of the Geological Survey Of India'' to 1912. Center for Research Libraries. [http://dds.crl.edu/loadStream.asp?iid=11404 pdf]*''Transactions of the Mining and Geological Institute of India'' Archive.org. Catalogued as ''Transactions''. From Volume I for 1906.:[https://archive.org/details/transactions01mini 1906: I], [https://archive.org/stream/transactions01mini#page/n309/mode/2up 1907: II], [https://archive.org/stream/transactions01mini#page/n501/mode/2up 1908: III]. [https://archive.org/details/transactions04mini 1909: IV], [https://archive.org/stream/transactions04mini#page/n429/mode/2up 1910: V], [https://archive.org/details/transactions06mini 1911: VI], [https://archive.org/stream/transactions06mini#page/n357/mode/2up 1912: VII],[https://archive.org/stream/transactions06mini#page/n757/mode/2up 1913: VIII], [https://archive.org/details/p1transactions09mini 1914, June: IX Part 1], [https://archive.org/details/p1transactions10mini 1915, June: X, Part 1], [https://archive.org/details/transactions11mini 1916 XI], [https://archive.org/stream/transactions11mini#page/n309/mode/2up 1917: XII], [https://archive.org/stream/transactions11mini#page/n499/mode/2up 1918: XIII], [https://archive.org/stream/transactions11mini#page/n655/mode/2up 1919: XIV], [https://archive.org/stream/transactions11mini#page/n831/mode/2up 1920: XV], [https://archive.org/details/p1transactions16mini 1921, July: XVI Part 1], [https://archive.org/details/p2transactions16mini 1922, February: XVI Part 2], [https://archive.org/details/p1transactions17mini 1922, May: XVII Part 1].*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206046/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Geology Of Burma''] by H L Chhibber (Harbans Lal) 1934 Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.234095/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Mineral Resources Of Burma''] by H L Chhibber 1934 Archive.org. Both mirrors from Digital Library of India| . *[https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/26138 ''India's Mineral wealth: A guide to the occurrences and economics of the useful minerals of the Indian Empire''] by J Coggin Brown. Oxford University Press, London, 1936. Link to a pdf download Digital Library Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, India.*[https://archive.org/details/junglelifeinindi00balluoft ''Jungle Life in India: or, The Journeys and Journals of an Indian Geologist'']] websiteby V Ball Geological Survey of India 1880 Archive.org

====Coal====*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=14lwAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA178 "Notice of the Newly discovered CoalMine"], 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*[https://archive.org/details/diamondscoaland00ballgoog/page/n70/mode/2up "Coal"] page 58 ''The Diamonds, Coal and Gold of India: Their Mode of Occurrence and Distribution'' by V Ball (Valentine) of the Geological Survey of India. 1881. Archive.org.*[http://www.archive.org/stream/miningengineer23goog#page/n9/mode/1up ''The Mining engineer Engineer Volume 32 '' 1906-1907], page 203 (computer digital page n284) mentions the Giridih Coal- Field, Bengal*[httphttps://ebooksarchive.adelaideorg/details/in.eduernet.audli.2015.3058/kpage/kiplingn295/rudyardmode/giridih/index.html "2up ''The Giridih Coal -Fields"''] pages 293-309 ''From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches, Volume II'' by Rudyard Kipling 1891 eBooks@Adelaide1938, first published 1888. Archive.org.**Article about [http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_giridih_intro.htm "The Giridih Coal FieldsCoalfields"] from Kipling.org.uk=====Diamonds=====*[https://archive.org/details/diamondscoaland00ballgoog/page/n12/mode/2up "Diamonds"] page 1 and [https://archive.org/details/diamondscoaland00ballgoog/page/n142/mode/2up Appendix] page 130 ''The Diamonds, Coal and Gold of India: Their Mode of Occurrence and Distribution'' by V Ball (Valentine) of the Geological Survey of India. 1881. 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.:[https://archive.org/details/travelsinindia00tave/page/n8/mode/2up Volume I] and [https://archive.org/details/travelsinindia00tave/page/n441/mode/2up Volume II], 2nd edition 1925, edited by William Crooke, late of Indian Civil Service. In one digital file, Archive.org. This edition includes revisions made by Dr Ball prior to his death in 1895, but not published.

====Gold====*[https://archive.org/details/diamondscoaland00ballgoog/page/n106/mode/2up "Gold"] page 95 ''Travels in The Diamonds, Coal and Gold of India : Their Mode of Occurrence and Distribution'' by Jean Baptiste Tavernier, baron V Ball (Valentine) of Aubonne, tr. from the original French edition Geological Survey of 1676, with a biographical sketch of the author, notes, appendices, etc., by VIndia. Ball''1881. 1889 Archive.org .*[http://www.archive.org/stream/travelsinindia00unkngoogmyvisittogoldfie00jennrich#page/n8n7/mode/2up Volume 1''My visit to the goldfields in the South East Wynaad''], by Samuel Jennings 1881 Archive.org*[http://wwwia600506.us.archive.org/stream5/items/goldsportandcoff13746gut/13746-h/travelsinindia00tavegoog13746-h.htm#pagePage_190 Chapter VII Gold] from [http://ia600506.us.archive.org/5/items/n9goldsportandcoff13746gut/mode13746-h/2up Volume 213746-h.htm ''Gold, Sport, And Coffee Planting In Mysore'']by Robert H. Elliot 1898 Archive.org. Includes an account *[https://archive.org/details/goldminesworldc00curlgoog/page/n148 "The Gold Mines of diamond mining in India "] [at February 1898] page 117 ''The gold mines of the world : containing concise and practical advice for investors gathered from a personal inspection of the mines of the Transvaal, India, West Australia, Queensland, New Zealand, British Columbia, and Rhodesia'' by J H Curle 1899 Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/goldminesworldd00curlgoog/page/n276 "The Gold Mines of India and the time Malay Peninsula"] page 210 ''The Gold Mines of his visitsthe World (2d Ed., including 16521902): Written After an Inspection of the Mines of the ...'' by J H Curle 1902 Archive.org=====:[https://archive.org/details/goldminesworldw01curlgoog/page/n287 "The Gold Mines of the East"] page 204 ''The Gold=====Mines of the World: Written After an Inspection of Nearly Five Hundred Mines in ...'' by J H Curle 3rd edition 1905 “almost entirely rewritten”. *[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 digital 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. ====Rubies and Jade====*[https://archive.org/details/ShortDescriptionOfTheMinesOfPreciousStonesInTheDistrictOf/mode/2up "Short Description of the Mines of Precious Stones, in the District of Kyat-pyen, in the Kingdom of Ava"] by Père Giuseppe D’Amato, reprinted page 24 ''SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 2004''. It was translated from Italian for publication in the ''Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal'' in 1833, and the original edition is [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112084952057?urlappend=%3Bseq=113 pages 75-76] HathiTrust Digital Library. The author, also known as Padre Don José, was an Italian Catholic missionary of the Barnabite order who was in Burma c 1784 until his death in 1832.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101077789723?urlappend=%3Bseq=391 "Memoir of Giuseppe d’ Amato"] by Major H Burney, Resident at the Burmese Court dated 9 April 1832. Page 349 ''Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal''. v.1 (1832) HathiTrust Digital Library; [https://maristfathers.org.au/Documents%202014/1114%20Monica%20-%20Res%20Paper%201.pdf Myanmar Catholic Church Found In Historical Records (1287-1900)] maristfathers.org.au.</ref> *[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*''A Short Account of an Expedition to The Jade Mine in Upper Burma'' by C H E Adamson 1889 from [https://gemology.se/chronology.html Gill's Historical Index To Gems And Jewelry Online] scroll down and click on the link, or [https://gemology.se/gill-library/gemjewelry/A_Short_Account_of_an_Expedition_to_The_Jade_Mine_in_Upper_Burma_C_H_E_Adamson_1889.pdf direct pdf]. gemology.se.*[https://archive.org/stream/preciousstonesa03stregoog#page/n194/mode/2up "Burma Rubies"] page 153 ''Precious stones and gems, their history, sources and characteristics'' by Edwin William Streeter 6th Edition 1898 Archive.org ====Tin=====