Mines and Minerals of the British Empire

This is a description of the historical, physical and industrial features of the principal centres of mineral productions in the British Dominions beyond the seas, by Mr. R. Stokes, the late Mining Editor of the Rancl Daily Neivs of Johannesburg. It is a brief but comprehensive review of the mineral treasures of the British Empire. It is worthy of notice that the following important minerals are products almost essentially British ; tin, gold, nickel, diamonds, mica, plumbago, sapphires and asbestos. India, though a young mining countiy, receives full notice, though the later developments of the great Bengal coal industry are not included. Notice is given of mica, iron, coal, saltpetre, manganese, gold, etc., in India.