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Ch. 2: Gems in Ceylon

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GOLD IN INDIA.
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So.    Actinolite.
81.    Iron pyrites. Gem-pits.
82.    Steatite. Nuwara Eliya.
83.    Zircon (white). Ythanside, Dimbula.
84.    Gems. Pelawatta.
85.    Gem sand.
86.    Black crystal. Deduru-oya, Kurunegala.
INDIAN GOLD MINING COMPANIES.
Enterprise in connection with the gold fields in the Wynaad and Mysore districts of Southern India as now acquired so considerable an extension, that the subjoined particulars, compiled and supplied by a correspondent of the Financier, will be found interesting. A complete view is here given of the extent to which British capital has become engaged in this direction. The figures are all carefully taken from authentic sources, and the most recent statements emanating from the several companies, and, when in doubt, they have been verified by direct inquiries at the offices:—
Indian Gold Mining Companies in the Wynaad District of. Madras. All jn Shares of £1 each.
(a)   Has just sold about 600 acres (Attikunno Estate) for 46,000!. (and 4,000/. for surface rights) to the Indian Trevelyan. Machinery is now on spot and in course of erection.
(b)   Including Needlerock Estate. Has option of extending mining rights* any time during the next four years,
(c)   Machinery on spot and in course of erection.
(d)   Withdrawn.
(e)   Withdrawn.
(f)   Since sold 50 acres to the Rhodes Reef Company for 130,000/.
(g)   Same Board of Directors as South-East Wynaad Company. Can have increased acreage of mining rights any time before 1886.
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