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NEW GUINEA 



790. ANONYMOUS. Tin on Ferguson Island. 



Eng. Mg. Journ., Vol. 75, 19C3, New York, p. 623. 



Rich tin lodes and gravel have been recently discovered on Ferguson Island on the 

 northeast coast of New Guinea. No details given. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE 



791. JACKSON, CHARLES T. Description of the tin veins of Jackson, N. H. 



Report Association American Geologists and Naturalists, 1840-1842 (1843), Boston, 

 pp. 316-321, figs. 2. 



Describes the occurrence of small tin-bearing veins near Jackson and the minerals 

 associated with the tin and discusses the origin of the veins. 



792. . Final report on the geology and mineralogy of the State of 



New Hampshire, with contributions toward the improvement of agri- 

 culture and metallurgy. 



1844, Concord, N. H., pp. 139-145, figs. 2. 



Review: Amer. Journ. Sci. Arts, ser. 1, Vol. 49, 1845, New Haven, p. 84. 



Tin ore at Jackson, N. H. Description of tin veins, crystallization, association. 

 Short translation from Daubre on description and theory of tin veins. With the 

 tin occurs arsenic pyrites, black sulphuret of copper (rare), carbonate of copper, 

 native copper, tungstate of manganese and iron (rare), black tourmaline and quartz. 



NEW JERSEY 



793. LESLEY, J. P. The iron manufacturers' guide to the furnaces, forges and 



rolling mills of the United States, with discussions of iron as a 

 chemical element, an American ore, and a manufactured article, in 

 commerce and in history. 



1859, New York and London, p. 428. 



Trace of tin (.18 per cent SnO 2 ) found in " garnet rock," about 1% miles northeast 

 of Andover, New Jersey. 



794. SCHNABEL, GAEL. Handbook of Metallurgy. 



Translated by Louis, Henry, 1898, London, Vol. 2, p. 3. 



" Tin has only been found by Eliot and Storer in American zinc from New Jersey, 

 and English zinc made by Vivian & Co., of Swansea." 



NEW SOUTH WALES 



795. ADAMS, ROBERT. Mining in New South Wales. 



Mg. Journ. Railw. Comm. Gaz., Vol. 43, 1873, London, p. 1009. 



Working only alluvial deposits. Not more than one-tenth of mines are paying, 

 owing to poor management. 



796. A , R. D. Tin mining in Australia. 



Mg. Journ. Railw. Comm. Gaz., Vol. 49, 1879, London, pp. 909-910. 

 Description of the tin mining at Vegetable Creek, New South Wales. 



797. ANDREWS, E. C. The geology of the New England Plateau, with special 



reference to the granites of northern New England. 



Rec. Geol. Surv. New South Wales, pt. 1; Vol. 7, pt. 4, 1904, pp. 281-300, pis. 55-56. 

 Parts 2 and 3, Vol. 8; pt. 2, 1906, pp. 108-152, pi. 20. Parts 4 and 5, Vol. 8, pt. 3, 

 1907, pp. 196-250, pi. 39. 



