462 Copper Mines of Pokree, fyc. [No. 138. 



" The Thala mine is situated about a mile north-west of the Nota 

 _,, , __. mine, probably on the same lode, in an extensive 



IhalaMine. 



plain, or comparatively level surface. It was first 

 worked in 1810, and again in 1825; but there being no good facility 

 for adits, the water prevented its being worked to any considerable 

 depth. The miners who worked it state the ores to be copper pyrites 

 disseminated in a lode of two feet wide, one-fifth of which was me- 

 talliferous. An adit of fifty fathoms in length would reach the mine 

 ten fathoms below the surface ; below this adit a machine might be 

 erected, which with the surface water and that of the mine would 

 continue to work throughout the year, and keep the water of the mine 

 to a considerable depth. There is plenty of wood for all purposes in 

 the neighbourhood of this mine. 



" The Danda* mine is situated on the hill, about 500 yards above 



Thala mine in chlorite slate and talc, which on 



Danda Mine. . . 



the north-western side, comes in contact with 



common dolomite. This mine has been worked to a considerable 



extent, and is said to have yielded 52,000 Rupees profit in one year. 



The ores are of good quality, and found in three or four different beds 



or lodes, which dip into the hill at an angle of 30°. The chlorite 



slate, in which the beds of talc and ores are found is so hard as to 



stand without timber; it also contains finely disseminated copper in 



small quantity. The lodes run into a fine fall or bason westward, 



in which, I think, they would be found productive. There is 



abundance of wood near this mine; but no water for machinery 



nearer than the Thala mine. 



"The Talapoongla mine is situated about a mile north-east of the 



, „. Danda mine in talc, which rests on dolomite lime- 

 Talapoongla Mine. 



stone. The strata, in which the ores are found, is 



about six fathoms wide, dipping south-west at various angles. The 



bed is extensive, but the ores are scarce ; however this might improve 



at a distance from the surface ; hitherto little has been done, except 



washing away the strata during the rainy season. It has good 



facilities for wood, water and adits. Ores have been found in a pre- 



* A ridge or crest of a hill is called Danda in the hill language, and this mine being 

 on the ridge, gets the above name. 



