324 Museum of Economic Geology of India. [No. 124. 



DESIDERATA FOR THE MUSEUM OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 

 OF INDIA. 



I. 



Mines and Mining Products. 



1. Specimens of all crude ores, just as found. If possible also, of the rocks or matrix 

 in which found ; of those indicating the vein at the surface ; of the walls of the veins ; 

 of the strata or beds passed through before reaching them ; and of the rocks of the sur- 

 rounding country. 



2. The ores after prepaiation for the furnace by picking, washing, stamping, roast- 

 ing, &c. 



3. The rejected ores, gravel or stones found with those used; which often go under 

 odd names, as those of "mother, devil," or the like. 



4. The fluxes used, if any. 



5. Memorandum of the kind of fuel used, samples of it if coal or coke, &c. ; names 

 of the trees, as bamboo, &c. if charcoal ; and if not too far, send specimens. 



6. The roasted or half smelted ore. 



7. The pure metals, as obtained in a merchantable state, of all the qualities. 



8. The slags, of all kinds, from the furnaces and smeltings. 



9. Drawings or models (to scale of possible) of all furnaces, machinery, and im- 

 plements used in any of the processes, with drawings, plans, and models of the mine. 

 Earthen models of the furnaces, &c. may often be well made, by the native image 

 makers for a mere trifle. 



10. Specimens of any tools used. 



11. Traditions, history, and statistics of the mine or mineral products, as (1.) How 

 and when found ; (2.) Produce, gross and net; (3.) Rent if farmed, or what tax pay- 

 able on the product ; (4.) Price of daily labour ; (5.) Amount of labour obtainable for a 

 given price; (6.) Estimated profits, past and present ; (7.) Reasons for decay or increase; 

 (8.) What is now required to make the mine more productive ; (9.) Copies or notices of 

 any books or accounts of the mine ; (10.) Health, comfort, morals, and condition of the 

 workmen employed, average of ages, and of life among them if thought unhealthy; 

 seasons and hours of work. Superstitious notions, peculiar diseases, &c. &c. 



II. 



Buildings, Cements, Pottery, Colours, Roads, &c. 



1. Specimens from the quarries, of all kinds of building stones, useful or merely or- 

 namental. 



2. The same of limestones, shells, corals or other articles, used to make lime or ce- 

 ments of all kinds. 



3. Specimens of the strata above and below the quarried stone. 



4. Any fossil shells, bones, fish, plants, insects, or other appearances of organic 

 remains large or small, found in or near the quarries, or amongst the rubbish and water- 

 courses of quarried spots. If specimens appear too large to move, please to give a 

 notice, with an eye-sketch, and estimate of the expence of moving, and preserve it till 

 a reply is sent. 



