MINING IN INDIA.
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Mica mining in the Nellore district, India, though a highly profitable industry, is carried on practically as it was by the natives a hundred years .agp. The mica vein is followed by an underhand stopping, which results in the production of tortuous, wormlike holes, sometimes extending to a depth of three hundred feet below the surface. The mica excavated is brought to the surface by a string of collies working hand over hand on rudely constructed bamboo ladders. On account of the accumulation of water during the night when work ceases, all sinking operations are delayed each morning for an hour of more while the water is being dipped out with buckets by coolies.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 15 May 1912, Page 3
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119MINING IN INDIA. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 15 May 1912, Page 3
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