MYSOKK MINI 



in reof mining has been commenced in tho Dharwur <l 



.ir Reefs Company, Ltd. 



Madras. (Jold is found in Madura, Coimlmtore, Salom, Wynaad, tlie NilgiriH, 

 -, Malabar, Kanara, North Aroot and Bellary. In recent yean, !>" 

 .ill tin. -"!! |ir...l'i.-,.d in the Presidency was from the KanK"n<li mines in 

 ih Kan^im.li /rinindari of North Arcot. Work was commenced there in 

 .iii.l wius .-. .Hi miiod with varying success until 1900, since when working has 

 ceased. Th. highest yield was obtained in 1898, viz. 2,854 <>/.. \'r<>*\>ectuig 

 I'contly Keen carried on at Wynaad and three of the old mine* were open 

 during ]>ai t ..! 1901, but did not yield any gold. [Cf. Hayden and Hatch, Gold- 



- <>/ the Waindd, Mem. Oeol. Surv. Ind., xxxiii., pt. ii.] 



Mysore mnd Hyderabad. The gold of Mysore State is solely derived from the 

 district, which occupies a small tract of country in the eastern extremity 

 .if t he State. Roughly, the field is about ten miles long from north to south, two 

 mil.- \\ide from east to west, and made up of synclinal folds of schistose rocks. 

 Hatch say a that the auriferous lodes of the Kolar gold-fields consist of a series 

 .-f parallel quartz veins which occupy a central position in the belt of Dharwar 



! schists. Although there are several parallel veins, it is on the Champion lode 

 only that paying mines have been developed. " The attention of European 

 uro-|HXjtors was directed to this area by numerous Native workings of unknown 

 air"; and since operations commenced on a large scale, shortly after 1HHO, 

 th. ^old extracted, up to the end of 1903, has reached a value of nearly 19 

 million* sterling. During this period five companies have paid 8,250,000 in 

 dividends, while the Mysore State has received nearly one million as its royalty. 

 The deepest workings, now somewhat more than 3,000 feet below the surface, 

 show little diminution in the value or width of the auriferous quartz vein. During 

 the past five years the amount of quartz crushed has increased from 337,636 tons 

 in 1 S!)8 to 546,752 tons in 1 903, and the value of gold extracted has increased from 

 iM.r.76,000 in 1898 to 2,284,000 in 1903." [Imp. Gaz., 1907, iii., 14.] Holland 

 observes that various improvement schemes, with the object of reducing working 

 expenses, have been introduced in recent years, one of the most important 

 being the provision of electric power from the Kauveri Falls. The supply com- 

 menced about the middle of 1902, and has regularly furnished over 4,000 horse 

 power to the various mining and metallurgical works. In The Madras Weekly Mail 

 (June 1, 1905, 597) an account is given of a new discovery of gold in Mysore at 

 Yellahanka, 22 miles north-east of Bangalore, which seems of future importance. 



The citation of publications in the opening paragraph practically denotes 

 those of Madras and Mysore, but there may be added the annual reports of the 

 various companies, of which, in alphabetical sequence, the following may bo 

 quoted : 1. Balaghat Gold Mining Company ; 2. Champion Reef Gold Mining 

 Company ; 3. Coromandel Gold Mining Company ; 4. Ooregum Gold Mining 

 Company; 5. Mysore Reefs Company; 6. Mysore Gold Mining Company; 7. 

 The New Kempinkote Gold Field ; 8. Nine Reefs Company ; 9. The Niuuiy- 

 droog Company ; 10. The Oriental Gold Mining Company ; 11. the Road Block 

 Gold Mining Company, etc. 



In Hyderabad the only quartz mines producing gold are those of Hutti and 

 Wundalii in the Nizam's Dominions. At the Wundalli mine 7,822 oz. of gold 

 were recovered in 1899, but the mines were closed in 1900, and the Hutti mine 

 was the only one at work at the end of 1903. In the latter mine the total 

 output for 1903 was 3,414 oz. 



Burma. The only reef mine of importance is the Kyankpazat near Wuntho 

 in Upper Burma. Holland tells us that this mine yielded in 1898, 1,120 

 oz., and maintained and indeed increased its yield until 1902, when 1,984 

 oz., valued at 7,606, were produced, but in 1903 the auriferous chute was 

 worked out and the mine closed. From recent exploration, however, Burma 

 appears to be very rich in alluvial gold, and in 1903 a license was issued to a 

 Company to dredge gold in the Irrawaddy above Bhamo. Gold to the value 

 of Rs. 2,016 was produced, and the result was sufficiently successful to induce 

 the Company to extend its operations. The greater possibilities of dredging on 

 the Irrawaddy appear to arise from the fact that the waters of the river are 

 derived from ranges where, even in the cold weather, there is a heavy rainfall. 

 [Cf. Imp. Gaz., 1907. iii., 141-3.] The Indian Agriculturist (Feb. 1905) gives 

 the practical results of an interview with Lt.-Col. Mackenzie FOBS, on the 

 subject of the occurrence of tin and gold in Lower Burma, in which that 

 gentleman apparently stated that, in his opinion, the district of Mergui was one 



567 



GOLD 



Occurrence 



Madras. 



North Aroot 



Mysore. 



Mines of 



Kolar 



Field. 



. :, i-:.|.;..:i 

 J...1-. 



19 Million 



PO .:. h, 



3,000 Feet 

 deep. 



Electric 

 Power. 



MM 

 Discovery. 



Mines. 



Hyderabad 



Burma. 



Ir: r.\ i 1 iv. 



