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  THEOBALD 
  : 
  GEOLOGY 
  OE 
  PEGU. 
  

  

  distance 
  not 
  too 
  great 
  for 
  the 
  erection 
  of 
  works 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  scale 
  for 
  quartz 
  

   crushing 
  by 
  the 
  European 
  method, 
  if 
  only 
  the 
  quartz 
  is 
  there 
  to 
  be 
  

   crushed. 
  But 
  on 
  this 
  point 
  I 
  confess 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  more 
  satis- 
  

   factory 
  if 
  Captain 
  Strover 
  had 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  himself 
  seen 
  a 
  speci- 
  

   men. 
  A 
  good 
  deal 
  more 
  requires 
  to 
  be 
  known 
  regarding 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  

   the 
  above 
  Shan, 
  and 
  his 
  nugget 
  of 
  gold 
  quartz, 
  before 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  

   auriferous 
  quartz 
  reefs, 
  in 
  so 
  accessible 
  a 
  locality, 
  can 
  be 
  taken 
  as 
  an 
  

   established 
  fact. 
  

  

  Silver. 
  — 
  Captain 
  Strover 
  gives 
  several 
  localities 
  for 
  argentiferous 
  

   galena, 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  near 
  Theebaw, 
  being 
  probably 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  

   " 
  Bo-dwen 
  silver 
  mine" 
  of 
  Pemberton's 
  map, 
  30 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Tliee-bo. 
  

   Captain 
  Strover 
  adds 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  metal 
  is 
  also 
  found 
  in 
  other 
  towns 
  (town- 
  

   ships 
  ?) 
  unmixed 
  with 
  lead," 
  but 
  without 
  naming 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  spots. 
  

  

  Copper. 
  — 
  Captain 
  Strover 
  says 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  This 
  metal 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Shan 
  

   States, 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  worked. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  found 
  at 
  Kolen-myo 
  and 
  Sagaing. 
  

   At 
  Bawgine 
  and 
  Kolen-myo, 
  the 
  malachite 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  a 
  rich 
  des- 
  

   cription." 
  Here 
  again 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  more 
  satisfactory 
  if 
  Captain 
  

   Strover 
  had 
  said 
  whether 
  he 
  had 
  himself 
  seen 
  any 
  of 
  this 
  malachite. 
  The 
  

   lump 
  of 
  stone 
  shown 
  to 
  me 
  as 
  Burmese 
  malachite 
  by 
  Colonel 
  Fytche 
  

   was 
  nothing 
  of 
  the 
  kind, 
  but 
  a 
  silicious 
  stone 
  of 
  a 
  green 
  color, 
  probably 
  

   prase, 
  which, 
  without 
  an 
  analysis, 
  I 
  should 
  not 
  like 
  to 
  assert, 
  contained 
  

   even 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  this 
  metal, 
  though, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  before 
  said, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  

   same 
  mineral 
  called 
  "quartzy 
  malachite" 
  by 
  Prinsep. 
  Valuable 
  and 
  

   interesting, 
  therefore, 
  as 
  Captain 
  Strover's 
  remarks 
  are, 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  

   been 
  increased 
  tenfold 
  in 
  value 
  if 
  only 
  accompanied 
  by 
  authentic 
  samples 
  

   of 
  the 
  minerals 
  alluded 
  to 
  therein, 
  with 
  localities 
  attached. 
  I 
  need 
  

   not 
  make 
  more 
  extracts 
  from 
  this 
  interesting 
  report, 
  which 
  embraces 
  

   a 
  variety 
  of 
  other 
  mineral 
  productions, 
  beyond 
  alluding 
  to 
  the 
  opinion 
  

   of 
  a 
  M. 
  Bredamajee, 
  employed 
  at 
  the 
  ruby-mines 
  by 
  the 
  King, 
  who 
  

   would 
  persuade 
  people 
  that 
  " 
  with 
  careful 
  working, 
  rubies 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  

   pigeons' 
  eggs 
  could 
  be 
  extracted," 
  an 
  assertion 
  which, 
  I 
  imagine, 
  could 
  

  

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