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Padkaung. — South of Kanbank, the Coastal Range rises ra]iidl v 

 and attains its maximum elevation in the peak Paungohon 

 Taung, 3,805 feet above the sea. Approximately midway between 

 Kanbank and this peak is the Paehaung Aline of the Wagon - 

 Pachaung "Wolfram Mines. Ltd., lying slightly to the east of the 

 main ridge on a narrow spur of sedimentary rocks which wrap 

 over on to the higher slopes of the granite behind. The first 

 prospecting license over Paehaung was taken out by C. Sn Don 

 in 1910. Tn 1911 a lease was granted to the Wagon-Pacha nng 

 Wolfram Alines, Ltd.. for a period of 30 years. The area covered 

 by the lease is 2,102 acres. Since that date the production has 

 been as follows : — 



Tons. 



H)1l> 31 



1913 28 



1014 40 



1918 l."> 



lit Hi 52 



1917 70 



1918 48 



There are a number of veins which are as a rule thin and range 

 up to a maximum of 2 feet in thickness. The general strike is 

 north-east and south-west with dips of 25° to 60° to the north- 

 west, but there is another series with an approximate east and west 

 strike and a northerly dip. Some of the veins are very distorted, 

 especially those which strike east and west. In places they stand 

 practically vertical, while within a few feet they lie almost flat. 

 The smaller veins are richer in wolfram than the larger ones ; in 

 the latter the mineral sometimes occurs at the edges, separated from 

 the country rock by a layer of mica, but generally it is found in 

 bunches in the middle of the quartz. 



Kechaung. — The Paehaung veins are worked on the northern 

 slopes of an extremely steep ridge which divides the drainage of 

 two small tributaries of the Tavoy river. On the southern slopes 

 of the same ridge, the extensions of the same veins are worked in 

 the Kechaung concession of Quah Cheng Guan. According to 

 Air. Pa^e the ridge itself is probably but 70 or 80 feet thick through 

 within HO feet of its summit. The boundary line between the two 

 mines runs along the knife-edged top of the ridge. Tt is obvious 

 thai the remarks alreadv made regarding Paehaung apply with equal 

 force to Kechaung, where if anything the crushing and distortion 



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