CHAPTER XLI. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF DEPOSITS -continued. 
Maldive Islands and Mysore. 
Maldive Islands. 
Mysore— History— Mode of occurrence and origin— Quality of ores— Outinit. 
Bangalore distrirt. 
Ghitaldrug dis/ru<— 8adarhalli- Dod Kittadhalli— Madadkere— Nirgudda 
Hills — Iplara Hills — Bodimaradi. 
Hassan district. 
Kadur district — Ubrani — KannikalmHtti (Hadikere). 
Shimoga district — History— Physical character of the country— Geology and 
origin — Nature of the ores- Quality — Communications and transport -- List of 
deposits. 
Shikirpur Group — Ayanur (Jroup — Tuppur— Short s Block— Kumsi- Bikon- 
halli — Aladhalli— Shankargudda Group — Shankargudda — Tirandu: — Channagiri 
Gioup — Sulekire — Gaddikalmatti — Buddaaiatti Peak — Hoslialli — Treasury Hill — 
Shiddarhalli Group— Bhadigund and Gangur — Kanjigauagutti (Shiddarhalli Main 
deposit) — U.umanjanmatti — RagikalvadiVinakeri Bhaui Nagalagutti. 
Tumkur district. — Sondenhalli (Solid Hill Mine) — Muskondli (Rowe's Mine) — 
Karekurchi (Camp Mine) — Hattyal (Ten pie Hill Mine) — Harenhalli (Government 
Road Mine). 
Maldive Islands- 
It is interesting to note that during an expedition to these islands 
conducted by Prof. A. Agassiz i small nodules of manganese-ore were 
brought up ' in two of the soundings in the channels between the compo- 
site atolls. ' They were ' much in the condition in which they were 
dredged up by the '• Blake " in the Straits of Florida.' The figures 
given for soundings in such channels, range between 100 and 7(39 
fathoms, but it is not stated at what particular depths the manganese- 
ore was found. 
1 Amer. Jour. <Sc»., 4th Series, XIII, p 301, (1902). 
