Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore by Robert H. (Robert Henry) Elliot
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Warren's investigations in 1800.
Native methods of procuring gold by washing and mining. Depths to which old native pits were sunk. Probable cause of the cessation of mining at considerable depths. In 1873 leave first given to a European to mine for gold. Remarkable absence in Mysore of old records or inscriptions relating to gold mining. Mr. Lavelle in 1873 applied for right to mine in Kolar. Of the mines subsequently started all practically closed in 1882, except the Mysore mine, which began to get gold in end of 1884. Had the Mysore Company not persevered the Kolar field would probably have been closed. Depths to which mines have been sunk. The Champion Lode. General description of the Kolar field. Notes by a lady resident. Life on the field. Gardening. Visitors from England. The volunteers at the mines. Sport near the field. Servants and supplies. Elevation and the climate. A healthy one. Mining and the extraction of gold. |
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