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mexiced work on the highest point and worked to the west. Ore In 

 outcrop is to be seen in the water-courses, many of which run from 

 south-east to north-west, from which a large tank is filled during the 

 monsoons. The head and foot wall of this lode is well defined, and can 

 be easily followed on surface for over £ miles, and in one place where a 

 well was sunk for irrigation, the lode was cut, this well being about a 

 mile west of where I worked on it. The thickness of this lode is over 

 3 feet ; its head and foot wall, trap slate or highly laminated trap, and 

 easily worked. 



" I raised several tons of ore from this mine, and some tons were sent 

 home, but I have not heard anything about it. I believe it was lost, 

 but the result of an assay made from a parcel sent to Messrs. Richard 

 son & Co., of London, was over 50 per cent, pure copper. 



Memo, showing the cost of opening up grounds and raising about 10 tons of 



ore ; a large quantity now on the ground. 



15th. Men and women coolies 



16th. 



17th. „ „ 



Total 



Opened ground (62X15X6) cubic feet, or 5,580 cubic feet. 



No. 3 Lode. 



" Close to the village and to the west of north. 



" This lode is in the bed of a large tank which happened to be dry, and 

 I commenced work on it and struck it after removing some 9 feet of 

 silt and tank deposit, but had barely time to remove a small parcel of 

 ore, when a heavy shower came on and partly filled the tank, flooding 

 me out. 



c< The ore removed was the richest found by me, the assay being 54 

 per cent, copper. 



" I could not, for want of time before the rain, determine the thick- 

 ness, dip, and course of this lode. 



" Many lodes of copper ore are to be seen in the vicinity of Gurania- 

 napettah, three of which had been tried by non-professional miners, who 



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