NO. 2 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TIN — HESS 105 



LAOS (Continued) 



Mine located in Province of Kanimun, Laos, in a small tributary valley of the Hin- 

 bun River. At present worked by French, has long been worked by natives. Ore 

 occurs in limestone, no eruptives. Not in place, but little water worn. None of the 

 ordinary minerals accompanying tin are present. Cassiterite often resembles " needle 

 ore " of Cornwall. Cassiterite supposed to be a primary constituent of a sulphide 

 gossan, as at Campiglia, Italy. 



645. Pelatan, L. Les richesses minerales des colonies francaises (Asie 

 Frangaise). 



Rev. Univ. Mines, Met. Trav. Publ. Sci. Arts Appl. Indust., ser. 3, Vol. 54, 1901, 

 Liege and Paris, pp. 247-249. 



MADAGASCAR 



G46. Bouse, Johno. Madagascar mineral and other" resources. 



California Journ. Tech., Vol. 4, No. 2, 1904, Berkeley, p. fit. 



Copper and tin ores are mined in a small way. So far these ore deposits do not 

 seem very extensive or rich. Some tin is exported. 



647. DuNSTAN, Wyndham R. Tinstone from Madagascar. 



Bull. Imp. Inst., Great Britain, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1905, London, p. 41. 



The analysis of a specimen from Antananarivo gave 77.5 per cent metallic tin, but 

 it is scarcely to be expected that when mined on a large scale such a high content 

 of metallic tin will be maintained. 



Lackoix, Alfred. See No. 516. 



648. Pelatan, L. Les richesses minerales des colonies frangaises (Mada- 



gascar). 



Rev. Univ. Mines, Met. Trav. Publ. Sci. Arts Appl. Indust., ser. 3, Vol. 52, 1900, 

 Paris and Liege, pp. 294-295. 



Tin has long been known to exist in region of Anibatofangehana, and recently tin 

 has been found in the southern part of the district of Ambohimanga. 



MAINE 



649. Hitchcock, C. H. State Geol. of Maine. Letter to D. W. Hendrickson. 



In prospectus bound in Mining Pamphlets, Vol. 69, U. S. Geol. Surv. Library. 

 (Letter dated Aug. 8, 1865.) 



States that tin ore at Mt. Mica, Paris, Maine, is in " a very coarse granite, in a 

 finer gi-anite, and this cuts a coarse mica schist, the oldest rocks in Oxford Co." 

 " Largest known cut tourmaline in the world came from this hill, and is valued at 

 £300. It is owned by Prof. C. U. Shepard of Amherst College." A crystal of 

 cassiterite exceeding 5 pounds in weight had been taken out. Thinks the deposit 

 and the one at Mt. Rubelite, in Hebron, worth exploring. 



650. . Reputed tin discovery in Maine. 



Eng. Mg. Journ., Vol. 30, 18S0. New York, p. 173. 



Quoted: Mg. Sci. Press, Vol. 41, 1880, San Francisco, p. 194. 



Short article recording a recent discovery of tin ore at Winslow, Maine. The 

 inclosing rock is described as a mica slate, adjacent to which is a hard quartzite 

 band. Author states that mineralogieal, geological, and physical features are 

 identical with those common to the stanniferous districts of Europe. 



