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that the results warrant me in saying it contains a little tin. My 

 means were very imperfect, and the examination a very hasty one. 

 I have no doubt that Mr. Piddington who has it under analysis, will 

 be able to decide the question. The traces of copper found at the 

 Bangamittee hill I have little doubt are a continuation of the same 

 vein or series which exists at Badea, for the metal is again found at 

 Ooraonghur about four koss north-westerly, and again at an inter- 

 mediate point near the Kapergadee ghat. I have not visited these 

 places, nor have I any particular description of them. They suffice 

 to show that the metal is found in one right line for about fourteen 

 miles. 



The Badea workings would yield as much profit now, as they did 

 originally, the outcrop of the vein having been alone worked and 

 between each pit as much space as occupied by one pit is left appa- 

 rently untouched. Time did not admit of my clearing the soil 

 sufficiently to ascertain the dip, the strata were as well as I could 

 judge, nearly vertical. The strike determined rudely by the direc- 

 tion of the pits is N. 27° 14' easterly by compass. 



Close to the digging, on the road where the soil has been broken 

 down by carts, small quantities of gold are found amongst gravel 

 consisting of quartz and schist. 



Iron is also found near at hand. The ore of the latter is of a 

 sort unique in this quarter. 



Two and a half miles north-east of Kamerara are some more old 

 copper diggings. These run in a northerly and southerly direction 

 as those at Badea, for a couple of hundred yards. They are entirely 

 the same in character, some specimens of the ore which were handed 

 to me by Mr. Campbell gave 24f per cent, of copper. The ore is 

 hard and vitreous, and contains much sulphur with some iron. 



The richest veins of copper within the Singhbhoom division are 

 apparently those of Landoo and Jamjora ; but it is possible the old 

 diggings, if carefully examined, might be found to contain equally 

 good ore. The open workings are liable to be filled with water from 

 the rain, but I think that shafts sank into the soil would be found 

 to require less drainage than usual. The freedom of the ores in 

 general from sulphur and their softness renders them well worthy of 

 the attention of speculators. Labour is cheap and abundant, and if 

 that on the spot fail, Dhangurs may be had from Chota Nagpore, at 



