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GOLD IN CEYLON.
metallic in the gneiss, not quarts, Why not here ? As I have said, the gneisi is far more pyritic than the quartz, and I firmly believe if we were to look for gold in it we should find it."
(From a Galle Correspondent.)
Mr. A. D. Beminioo, who is at present engaged in gem digging in the Matara district, is of opinion that gold exists in Oeylon. Some years ago while prospecting for gems in the Western Province, he came across traces of it in alluvial soil. He also learned that some, native gem diggers had discovered nuggets which had been converted by them into jewellery, and was so impressed with the idea that he solicited Government aid to help him to carry on mining operations for 6 months. Government however declined to entertain the project, and the scheme fell through. Mr. Dominico is still very sanguine on the subject.
{Gold is simply about the most widely distributed of metals, and is of course found in many places here; but the question is to get it in paying quantities, and for that we must go to the matrix in the rock.—This closes the matter we are able to get into the present edition of "All About Gold, Gems and Pearls" to which we must now refer all interested, for full information on the sub­ject of " Gold in Ceylon."—Compilbbs.
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