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B.3 A. I: List of All Indian Diamond Mines

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DIAMOND MINES IN MADRAS                349
provinces, &α, are misplaced and jumbled together in almost inextricable confusion. One author gives Pegu as a diamond mine in Southern India ; in the Mount Catti of another we trace a reference to the Ghâts of Southern India ; and in the Malacca of many authors we must recognize, not as they do, either a place supposed to be in Southern India or the true Malacca, but Borneo, which used to be so called by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century. (See Appendix IX.) For some time I was unable to identify a certain Mr. Cullinger, who was quoted by one writer in connexion with diamonds. Will it be believed that this gentleman ultimately proved on investigation to be the fort of Kälanjar ?
MADRAS
Kadapa (ob Cuddapah) District
Chennür on the Penner River: Lat. 14° 34' ; Long. 78 ° 51 ' 30".
Condapetta (or Kanuparti), opposite Chennür.
Gandikota ?, mentioned by some authors : Lat. 14° 49' ; Long. 78° 20' 30".
Goorapur Î, close to Chennür. Not identified : [? Goulapalli, v. i, 226].
Goulagoonta (close to Jammalamadugu) : Lat. 14° 51 ' ; Long. 78° 26'. [? Gogeron, v. i, 227.]
(Jammalamadugu, close to Goulagoonta which see.)
(Kanuparti, or Condapetta which see.)
Lamdur ? Not identified, mentioned by Heyne.
Ovalumpally (or Woblapully) : Lat. 14° 34'; Long. 78° 51' 35".
Pinchetgapadu ? Not identified, mentioned by Heyne.
(Woblapully, or Ovalumpally which see.)
Bellary District 1 Gunjeegoonta, 2 miles south of Wajra Karûr. Gutidrug?: Lat. 15° 7'; Long. 77° 42'. (Foote-King, Annual Report Geol. Survey of India, 1889.) Hotoor ?, 6 miles WSW. of Wajrä Karür. Wajrâ Karûr, Lat. 15° 2' ; Long. 77° 27'.
Karnül (or Kurnool) District
Banganapalle : Lat. 15° 18'; Long. 78° 16'; 37 miles SE. of Karnül (see A.S. No. 76). Mines.
Bannur, close to Gudipaud ; in Nandikotkür Täluk.
Baswapur: Lat. 15° 25' ; Long. 78° 43' 30" ; in Nallamalai Hills ; mines and alluvial washings.
Byanpalle: Lat. 15° 32'; Long. 78° 14' 15"; 24 miles SSE. of Karnül.
1 A locality called Nizam in Bellary is mentioned by M. Chaper. See Engineering, 1884, 29th February.
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