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completed. On my arrival here I commenced opening the second adit, 

 (*. e. the one next above the deep one,) but found it too expensive 

 for the limited means at my disposal ; and it was abandoned after 

 being opened and secured with timber 31 fathoms, 1 foot, 6 inches, 

 at an expense including native superintendence and materials of 

 Rupees 346 : 12 : 8. To open the mine properly, both adits should be 

 repaired, and two new shafts sunk from the surface into the mine, 

 which would cost about 4,000 Rupees, and it would be necessary for 

 the proper working of the mine. No information can be obtained as 

 to the number of lodes in this mine, but I think there are three, on 

 the north one of which the new mine is situated, about 60 fathoms 

 north-west of the Raja's mine." 



" In the new mine the lode was very promising, and yielded good 



New Mine. specimens of ore near the surface, but at a depth of 



15 fathoms it became poor, and was consequently abandoned, after 



being extended 23 fathoms, 3 feet, inch, at an expence, including 



native superintendence and materials, of Rupees 245 : 1 1 : 0." 



In addition to the above three mines, in which Mr. Wilkin's oper- 

 ations were carried on, there are several other copper mines in the 

 vicinity of Pokree, some of which were worked in former times by the 

 native miners, and some again have never been tried. None of these 

 were attempted by Mr. Wilkin, but I find on his report the following 

 notices of them, and as the opinion of the practical miner must be 

 infinitely more valuable and satisfactory than any remarks that I 

 could offer, I consider it right to extract them. 



" Nota mine is situated about two and a half miles north-west of 



the Pokree mines, in talc, which rests on dolomite 

 Nota Mine. 



limestone. The lode is a bed of yellow or buff 



coloured talc, about four feet wide, dipping north-west at 50° ; it rests 

 immediately on the dolomite limestone and has a sulphuric effer- 

 vescence on the surface. This mine is said to have been rich ; it is 

 situated on the western side of an extensive bason or valley, on the 

 eastern side of which ores have been turned up by the plough, but 

 no mine has been worked. This is an extensive field for mining, as the 

 lode may be productive throughout the bason or valley. There is wood 

 and water for all purposes near this mine. 



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