NO. 2 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TIN HESS 109 



MALAY PENINSULA (Continued) 

 BECK, RICHARD. See No. 1299. 



679. BENEDICT, WM. DE L. Tin in the Malayan region. 



Min. Ind. for 1892, Vol. 1, 1893, New York and London, pp. 446-450. 



Perak produces two-thirds of tin production of the Straits, and one-third of tKat of 

 the world. Description of Perak deposits, methods of mining. Tin deposits of Island 

 of Sumatra treated. Assays given. 



BROWN, A. SELWYN. See Nos. 1307 and 1308. 



680. CLIFFORD, HUGH. Tin in Malaya. 



Austr. Mg. Stand., Vol. 29, 1903, Sydney and Melbourne, p. 259. 

 Extract of a lecture delivered before the Royal Colonial Institute, Dec. 9, 1902. 

 Deals with tin resources of the Malay States. 



681. COLLETT, OCTAVE J. A. L'Etain. Etude minere et politique sur les 



Etats federe"s malais. 



1903, Brussels, p. 196, map 1, and plates. 



On tin in the Malay Peninsula. Divided into six parts: (1) Geography. (2) His- 

 tory. (3) Geology. (4) Methods of mining tin. (5) Methods of mining and smelting 

 tin. (6) Legislation regarding tin. Production, prices, etc. Geology. General 

 structure of the country. Popular explanation of formation of placers from veins. 

 Very little description of the veins or of the placers themselves. Cassiterite ac- 

 companied by grains of quartz, hematite, fluorite, pj'rite, tourmaline and feldspar. 



681a. CORNUBIAN. Lode mining in the Malay States. 



Mg. Journ. Railw. Comm. Gaz., Vol. 84, 1908, London, p. 622. 



Letter in which a correspondent states that the lode mines of Pahang are among 

 the big tin mines of the world, and gives figures to support his statement. 



682. CRAMER, CARL. Das Zinnerz und seine Gewinnung auf der Halbinsel 



Malacca. 



Oest. Zeitschr. Berg. Hiitt., Vol. 42, 1894, Wien, pp. 543-545, pi. 20. 



Digest translation: Trans. Fed. Inst. Mg. Eng., Vol. 10, 1895-1896, Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne and London, p. 589. 



Thickness of ore-bearing deposit (karang) up to 3*4 feet. Overburden up to 33 feet, 

 average 6% to 10 feet. Tin ore in karang varies up to 15 per cent, may be barren. 

 Pays with as little as 0.5 per cent. French company tried to dredge in river Muar, 

 but failed. Impurities: iron, wolframite, ilmenite. 77.15 pounds tin per head per 

 month average production. 



683. CROOCKEWIT, H. Tin mines of Malacca. 



Journ. Ind. Arch. East. Asia, Vol. 8, 1854, Singapore, pp. 112-133. 

 Translated from Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., Nov. 1851, Batavia. 

 Not available to the authors. 



D'ACHIARDI, ANTONIO. See No. 1313. 

 DAVIES, D. C. See No. 1317. 



684. DE LA CROIX, J. ERRINGTON. Some account of the mining districts of 



Lower Perak. 



Journ. Straits Branch Roy. Asiatic Soc., June 1881, Singapore, pp. 1-10, section 1. 



The region of Lower Prak comprises numerous mining districts, which can be 

 placed under following heads: 1. Sungei Kinta District. 2. Sungei Batang Padang 

 District. 3. Sungei Bidor District. The geology of these districts is given, the 



