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====Rubies====
*[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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**Includes [http://www.minelinks.com/alluvial/diamondGeology_1.html Map of Diamond Fields in India]
*[http://www.allaboutgemstones.com/diamond_mines_golconda.html Diamond Mines of the World: India's Diamonds of Golconda] Allaboutgemstones.com
===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
===Rubies===
*[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
====Gold====
*[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.
====Rubies====
*[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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