Official classified and descriptive catalogue of the contributions from India to the London Exhibition of 1862 : forwarded through the Central Committee for Bengal, compiled under the authority of the government of India / by A.M. Dowleans.
- Dowleans, A. M., active 1851-1862.
- Date:
- 1862
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Official classified and descriptive catalogue of the contributions from India to the London Exhibition of 1862 : forwarded through the Central Committee for Bengal, compiled under the authority of the government of India / by A.M. Dowleans. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.
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![General Number. Invoice Number. Scientific or English Name. Provincial Name. Locality where produced. Kemabks. Report on copper, the produce of ore raised from the copper mines of Siagbhoom in the South-West Frontier. Three slabs weighing about 139 lbs. These were subjected to lamination and proved to be well suited in all respects for purposes of coinage. The quality of this metal is excellent, being scarcely inferior to the best, equal to the average, and decidedly supe- rior to several shipments of imported cojDper.—Presented by the Proprietor of the Mines, D. C. Machey, Esq. 31 32 3898 3899 Gold Sand Ditto Chota Nagpore ... ] Ditto ... j Uola dust IS extracted from sand m the beds of rivers m Maunbhoom and Palamow, but not in large quantities.—Local Committee, Chota Nagpore. 33 4126 Ditto Sumbulpore, Cuttack ... Gold washers' sand from Sumbulpore. It is a matter of regret that a more ample specimen has not been forwarded. Such as it is, the Committee submit it. The tools and vessels used in washing are so primitive and simple, that it has not been thought worth while to forward specimens.—Local Committee, Cuttack. 34 3819 Ditto Rangoon ... | Deposit from which gold is washed on the Meh-Tyne stream, a tributary of the Shoay Gyeen River. 35 3818 Ditto Ditto ... 1 Deposit taken from the bottom of Shoay Gyeen River, contain- ing gold. 36 37 38 3917 3918 3919 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto ...) Ditto ... V Ditto ...J Sand containing gold, deposited by the Nars Rivers at the mouth of the Martaban stream, a tributaiy of the Shoay Gyeen River. 39 4127 Gold Washings... Ditto From Meh-Tyne stream, a tributary of the Shoay Gyeen River. 40 41 4128 4129 Gold Dust Ditto Ditto ...I Chota Nagpore ... | From the sewers of the Meh-wine stream, a tributary of the Reeling River. 42 6290 Ditto Jubbulpore The gold dust is found in the Paiqdhur Nullah, in the Seonee District. The little stream rises in the Konye range of hills, and falls into the River Wyne-Gungah. The gold is obtained by washing the sand, and the natives say they never get more than four annas worth by a day's work, and would consider it unlucky if they did, as the goddess who is supposed to make it would then leave their locality.—Local Committee, Juhhidpore. 43 & 44 940 & 941 Coal Cuttack Specimens of this mineral are forwarded with considerable diffi- dence by this Committee. It is called locally Pathar Koela. The fii'st specimen, A., was proem-ed from Talchere. Coal is also found in Ungool, and may exist in different localities throughout the immense extent of wild and jungly country comprised in what are called the Garjats or Hill States, forming part of this Province. A correct judgment of the economic value of the mineral found here may not fairly be formed from an inspection of the specimens sent, which betray too evident signs of having been taken from the surface stratum. Within the limits of the Sumbulpore District, extensive veins are said to exist (B. is a specimen of Sumbulpore coal). A careful, though unprofessional observer, writing in 1855, states that](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2129883x_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
