54 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 58 



NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA (Continued) 



History of tin mining in the Carolinas; geology of tin belt; mining developments; 

 economic importance of tin deposits. 

 Practically the same article as that in Bull. 260. 



247. HESS, FRANK L. The Carolina tin deposits. 



Eng. Mag., Vol. 32, 1906, New York and London, pp. 10-20, plates 4, map 1. 



General geology of the region, with detailed description of the mines and a short 

 discussion of their probable future, which he considers an unsolved question. Be- 

 lieves cassiterite to be an original constituent of the pegmatite dikes in which it 

 occurs. 



248. LEDOUX, ALBERT R. Tin in North Carolina. 



Eng. Mg. Journ., Vol. 48, 1889, New York, pp. 521-522. About 2100 words. 

 Describes King's Mountain tin deposits, method of working and probable future. 



249. See No. 254a. 



250. PHILLIPS, W. B. Tin in North Carolina. 



Eng. Mg. Journ., Vol. 43, 1887, New York, p. 111. 



Short discussion on the probability of finding tin in paying quantities in North 

 Carolina. 



251. PRATT, JOSEPH HYDE. Carolina tin belt. 



Min. Res. U. S., 1903, U. S. Geol. Surv., 1904, Washington, D. C., pp. 337-344. 



Geographic location; geology; mineralogical and chemical character of ore; pro- 

 duction of tin from Carolina belt. 



An epitome of Pratt and Sterrett's " The tin deposits of the Carolinas." See 

 No. 252. 



252. PRATT, JOSEPH HYDE, and STERRETT, DOUGLASS B. The tin deposits of 



the Carolinas. 



North Carolina Geol. Surv. Bull. No. 19, 1904, Raleigh, pp. 64, figs. 8. 



Short abstract: Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 4, Vol. 20, 1905, New Haven, p. 75. 



Introduction; geographical location; geology; mineralogical and chemical char- 

 acter of the ore; associated minerals of the cassiterite; percentage of cassiterite in 

 the veins; development work. 



Besides a description of the Carolina ores, a brief resume is given of the other 

 deposits of the world. 



253. SLOAN, EARL. Mineral Resources of South Carolina. 



Rep. Proc. 7th Ann. Session, Amer. Min. Cong., Portland, Oregon, 1904, pp. 134-17. 

 Brief account of the discovery of the Ross tin mine, near Gaffney, with descrip- 

 tion of the vein as shown by work to date. 



STERRETT, DOUGLASS B. See No. 252. 



254. ULKE, TITUS. The occurrence of tin ore at King's Mountain, North 



Carolina, and near Vesuvius, Virginia. 



Min. Res. U. S. for 1893, U. S. Geol. Surv., 1894, Washington, D. C., pp. 178-182. 

 Describes the character of the country rock of the two localities and the manner 

 of occurrence of the tin ore. 



254a. VAN NESS, W. W., JR. Tin in North Carolina. 



Eng. Mg. Journ., Vol. 44, 1887, New York, p. 344. 



Short description of discovery and workings at King's Mountain. 



CEYLON 



255. COOMARASWAMY, ANANDA K. Minerals containing rare elements, and 



associated minerals. 



Min. Surv., Ceylon Adm. Rep., 1904 (1905), Colombo, p. E. 10. 



