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SIAM (Continued) 



957. . Mining in Siam. 



Eng. Mg. Journ., Vol. 79, 1905, New York, p. 190. Probably taken from the 

 Siamese Louisiana Purchase Exposition Publication. See No. 960. 



Tin is the only metal, the working of which is of any importance in Siam. Deposits 

 of importance are derived from, and lie adjacent to, the groat grranitic range which 

 forms the boundary between central Siam and Tenasserim, and the backbone of the 

 Malay Peninsula. 



958. . Tin mining in Siam. 



Echo des Mines, April 29, 1907. 



Quoted in Mg. Journ Railw. Conim. Gaz., Vol. 81, 1907, London, p. 593. 



Tin mined principally in the provinces of Puket and Kedah. Annual production 

 about 5000 tons. Vast district yet unexplored, which probably contains considerable 

 mineral wealth. 



959. Blewett, Jaspek. Tin mining in the Straits Settlement. 



Eng. Mg. Journ., Vol. 22, 187(3, New York, p. 156. 



An account of the tin mining on Junk-Seylon or Salanga, an island on the coast of 

 Lower Siam. 



960. Carter, A. Cecil. Editor. The kingdom of Siam. 



Published by the Ministry of Agriculture for Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904, 

 New York, pp. 241-243, 500 words. 



Small amounts of tin are found in the valley of the Nam Sak River. Tin placers are 

 worked in the following provinces: East Coast — Ratburi, Bangtaphan Langsuan, 

 Chaija, Bandon, Lakon, Jalar, Rangeh, Rahman, Kelantan, Tringanu. West Coast — 

 Kra, Renong, Takupar, Panga, Takuatung, Puket, Trang, Stul, Perils, Kedah. Annual 

 production about 5CO0 long tons, valued at $3,000,000. Puket Island on the West 

 Coast is the most important field. Most promising for future developments are Kedah 

 Rahman, Jalar, Takuatung and Renong. Work mostly in hands of Chinese. One 

 American, one English, and one Dutch firm at work. There is an enormous field for 

 the expansion of the tin-mining industry in the Siamese possessions in the Malay 

 Peninsula. • 



D'AcHXAKDi, Antonio. See No. 1313. 

 Fawns, Sydney. See No. 1320. 



961. Fischer, H. Ueber siamesische Mineralien. 



Neues Jahrb. Min., 1SS2, II, Stuttgart, p. 190. 



Tin is the most important mineral of Siam. Alluvial tin is found in provinces of 

 Xalang, Xaija, Xumphon, Rapri and Pak-Phrek. 



Reyer, Eduard. See No. 1354. 



962. Scott, H. G. A note on mining in Siam. 



Mg. Journ. Railw. Comm. Gaz., Vol. 76, 1904, London, p. 185. 

 Practically the same as No. 960 from which it seems to be largely taken. 



See also Laos. 



SIBERIA 



963. Anonymous. Tin in Siberia. 



Min. Ind. for 1900, Vol. 9, 1901, New York and London, p. C40. 

 Notes recent discoveries of tin on the Onon River. 



