of many rivers and streams, but in some instances it has been mined for in the alluvial and other superficial deposits.
Colonel Haughton, in his interesting memorandum ,:0n
the Geological Structure and Mineral Resources of the Singhbhum
Division,"* has given an account of the gold washing, and enumerated
several localities where gold mining had been, or was at the time of
his visits, carried on. He also quotes from a letter from Mr. Robinson,
in which that gentleman states the results of his attempts to establish
gold-mining under European superintendence. At Rabkobe, in Udipur,
where operations were commenced and showed some prospects of being
fairly remunerative, the climate proved so " hot and unhealthy" that it
was found that no European could live there, and the works were given
up.
Colonel
Haughton says that " the metal was found some years ago in considerable
lumps in the Sona Nuddee of Sonapet, in Tamar, on the the northern
extremity of Singhbhum, and much is still found there." I have
invariably found that the washers have traditions of nuggets having
been found at intervals. A nugget from the native State of Jushpur is
now in the Geological Museum. Its exact weight was, after cleaning,
199.6 grains, the per cent, composition being—
