J 04 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 58 



JAPAN (Continued) 



636. . Minerals of Japan. 



Translated by T. Og-awa, 1904, Tokyo, pp. 50-51. 



Cassiterite sometimes occurs in fluviatile deposits, as in the provinces of Mino and 

 Bung-o, and sometimes in rocks as in the provinces of Satsuma, Hitachi, Suo and 

 Ilyuga. It occurs usually in small quantities, and the mineral is worked only in 

 Satsuma and Hyuga. 



KAMERUN 



637. Anonymous. Tin deposits in Kamerun. 



Mg. Journ. Railw. Comm. Gaz., Vol. 76, 1004, London, p. 405, 150 words. 

 Digest from Mg. Mag., Vol. 10, 1904, New York, p. 336. 



" Brief confirmation of the truth of Important discoveries of pure tin in British, 

 French and German possessiors in Northern Nigeria." 



638. . Kamerun tin deposit. 



Zeitschr. prakt. Geol., Vol. 12, 1904, Berlin, pp. 427-428. 



Paragraph stating that tin has been found in Kamerun along the British Nigerian 

 boundar}', and that two companies had acquired mining rights. 



639. Macco, a. Die nutzbaren Bodenscliatze der deutsclien Schutzgebiete. 



Zeitschr. prakt. GooL, Vol. 11, IWS, Berlin, pp. 2S-33, 193-202, map. 



Digest: Trans Inst. Mg. F.ng., Vol. 24, 1902-1903 [1904], London and Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne, p. 712. 



" Tin ore certainly occurs in that area [Kameroons] but how and where the natives 

 work it is as yet unknown." 



Fawns, Sydney. See No. 1320. 



KOREA 



640. Oppert, Ernest. A forbidden land: Voyages to the Corea. 



1880, London, pp. 171-172. 



Briefly mentions that quicksilver, lead and tin arc found in province of Hoang-hai. 



LAOS 



641. Anonymous. L'etain au Laos. 



Metallurgie, Vol. 32, 1901, Paris, pp. S91, 893. 



642. — ' . L'etain au Laos. 



La Nature, Vol. 32, I, Doc. 26-, 1903 (1904), Paris, pp. .58-59. 



Short general article giving the location, general geology and mineral associations, 

 of the tin deposits of Laos, and the manner of working. 



643. Gascuel, L. Gisements stanniferes au Laos Frangais. 



Ann. Mines, ser. 10, Vol. 8, 1905, mem., Paris, pp. 321-332, fig., sketch map. 



Digest: Geol. Centr. Vol. 7, 1G05-190G, Leipzig, p. 683. 



La vallee du Nam-Patene montre un synclinal de grfs argileux, flanqu^ de part et 

 d'autre par des calcaires. Les gr&s paraissent d'age tertiaire. Ces gr&s renferment 

 d'importants dSpSts de limonite, parfols tr&s manganC'sif 6re ; I'oxyde d'ftain y est en 

 outre repandu A I'C-tat de fine division. — L. Pervinquifre. 



644. Lacroix, Alfred. Sur les gisements stanniferes de Hin-boun (Laos). 



Bull. Soc. franc. Min., Vol. 24, 1901, Paris, pp. 422-425. * 



Digest Translation: Trans. Inst. Mg. Eng., Vol. 25, 1902-1903, London and New- 

 castle-upon Tyne, p. 826. 



