104 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 58 



JAPAN (Continued) 



636. - . Minerals of Japan. 



Translated by T. Ogawa, 1904, Tokyo, pp. 50-51. 



Cassiterite sometimes occurs in fluviatile deposits, as in the provinces of Mino and 

 Bungo, and sometimes in rocks as in the provinces of Satsuma, Hitachi, Suo and 

 Hyuga. It occurs usually in small quantities, and the mineral is worked only in 

 Satsuma and Hyuga. 



KAMERUN 



637. ANONYMOUS. Tin deposits in Kamerun. 



Mg. Journ. Railw. Comm. Gaz., Vol. 76, 1904, London, p. 405, 150 words. 

 Digest from Mg. Mag., Vol. 10, 1904, New York, p. 336. 



" Brief confirmation of the truth of important discoveries of pure tin in British, 

 French and German possessions in Northern Nigeria." 



638. . Kamerun tin deposit. . 



Zeitschr. prakt. Geol., Vol. 12, 1904, Berlin, pp. 427-428. 



Paragraph stating that tin has been found in Kamerun along the British Nigerian 

 boundary, and that two companies had acquired mining rights. 



639. MACCO, A. Die nutzbaren Bodenschatze der deutschen Schntzgebiete. 



Zeitschr. prakt. Geol., Vol. 11, 1903, Berlin, pp. 28-33, 193-202, map. 



Digest: Trans Inst. Mg. Eng., Vol. 24, 1902-1903 [1904], London and Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne, p. 712. 



" Tin ore certainly occurs in that area [Kameroons] but how and where the natives 

 work it is as yet unknown." 



FAWNS, SYDNEY. See No. 1320. 



KOREA 



640. OPPERT, ERNEST. A forbidden land: Voyages to the Corea. 



1880, London, pp. 171-172. 



Briefly mentions that quicksilver, lead and tin are found in province of Hoang-hai. 



LAOS 



641. ANONYMOUS. L'etain au Laos. 



M6tallurgie, Vol. 32, 1901, Paris, pp. 891, 893. 



642. . L'etain au Laos. 



La Nature, Vol. 32, I, Dec. 26, 1903 (1904), Paris, pp. 58-59. 



Short general article giving the location, general geology and mineral associations, 

 of the tin deposits of Laos, and the manner of working. 



643. GASCUEL, L. Gisements stanniferes au Laos Frangais. 



Ann. Mines, ser. 10, Vol. 8, 1905, mem., Paris, pp. 321-332, fig., sketch map. 



Digest: Geol. Centr. Vol. 7, 1905-1906, Leipzig, p. 683. 



La valle du Nam-Pat&ne montre un synclinal de grs argileux, flanquS de part et 

 d'autre par des calcaires. Les grs pafaissent d'ftge tertiaire. Ces grds renferment 

 d'importants dgpfits de limonite, parfois tr&s mangane'sifel-e; 1'oxyde d'etain y est en 

 outre repandu ft P6tat de fine division. L. Pervinquiere. 



644. LACROIX, ALFRED. Sur les gisernents stanniferes de Hin-boun (Laos). 



Bull. Soc. franc. Min., Vol. 24, 1901, Paris, pp. 422-425. 



Digest Translation: Trans. Inst. Mg. Eng., Vol. 25, 1902-1903, London and Xew- 

 castle-upon Tyne, p. 826. 



