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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://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 Volume 32'' 1906-1907], page 203 (computer digital page n284) mentions the Giridih Coal- Field, Bengal*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.3058/page/n295/mode/2up ''The Giridih Coal-Fields''] pages 293-309 ''From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches, Volume II'' by Rudyard Kipling 1938, first published 1888. Archive.org.
**Article [http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_giridih_intro.htm "The Giridih Coalfields"] 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.
*[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
====Gold====
*[https://archive.org/details/diamondscoaland00ballgoog/page/n106/mode/2up "Gold"] page 95 ''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://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 (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.
====Rubiesand Jade====
*[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
