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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
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*''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/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://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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