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41. ANONYMOUS. More Australian tin. 



Iron, Vol. 5, 1875, London, p. 551. Digest from Geol. Rec., for 1875, London, 

 p. 147. 



" Records the discovery of a sample of stream tin ore, weighing about 10 pounds, 

 intermingled with % ounce of rough reef gold, at the foot of Mount Pilot, New 

 South Wales. The geological formation consists of superficial deposits of granite." 



42. - . . Australian tin at the Philadelphia Exhibition. 



Eng. Mg. Journ., Vol. 22, 1876, New York, pp. 72-73, 87. 



An account of the development and description of the deposits of the tin 

 producing districts. 



43. . Tin in Australia. 



Min. Ind. .for 1899, Vol. 8, 1900, New York and London, pp. 620-621. 



Description of alluvial tin deposits on northern coast of New South Wales. Her- 

 berton field, Queensland, produced about $1,000,000 worth of stream tin from 1883 to 

 1894 and nearly $5,000,000 worth of lode tin. Discovery of lode tin reported at 

 Sebastopol, Victoria. 



44. . The Planet tin mines. 



Austr. Mg. Stand. April 5, 1900, Sydney and Melbourne. 

 Not available to the authors. 



45. . Tin in Australia. 



Min. Ind. for 1901, Vol. 10, 1902, New York and London, pp. 639-641. 

 New South Wales, Northern territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and 

 Western Australia tin deposits briefly treated. 



46. . Australian tin and tin mining. 



Mg. Journ. Railw. Comm. Gaz., Vol. 72, 1902, London, p. 225. 



Tin deposits are scattered widely over Australia, there being more than 120 known 

 tin localities in New South Wales alone. Tin was discovered in 1851, but not until 

 1872 were mining operations begun. Native tin has been found in New South 

 Wales. A brief description of occurrences on a number of creeks, and amount of tin 

 mined and exported. 



See also 



BECK, RICHARD. See No. 1299. 



47. BENEDICT, WM. DE L. Tin in Australia. 



Min. Ind. for 1892, Vol. 1, 1893, New York and London, pp. 442-445. 



General survey of the tin deposits of Australia, including New South Wales, 

 Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania. 



The tin bearing granite of Australia appears to be closely allied to that of other 

 countries, and has been described as exactly corresponding to that of Cornwall. 



48. COGHLAN, T. A. Tin. A statistical account of the seven colonies of 



Australasia, 1899-1900. 



1900, Sydney, pp. 569-572, map 1. 



DAUBREE, A. See No. 1314. 

 DIEST, P. H. VAN. See No. 1478. 



