Nigeria and its tin fields

About this eBook

Author

Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946

Original Publication

London: Edward Stanford, 1910.

Credits

Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TN: Technology: Mining engineering, Metallurgy

Subject

Tin mines and mining -- Nigeria

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 73990

Release Date

July 8, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.NIGERIA & ITS TIN FIELDS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.NIGERIA & ITS TIN FIELDS — EARLY DAYS IN NIGERIA
5. 5.THE PROTECTORATE PROCLAIMED — THE NIGER COMPANY — PROGRESS OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA — ANTICIPATIONS OF NORTHERN NIGERIA’S FUTURE — NATIVE TIN WASHING — THE DISCOVERY OF BAUCHI TIN — THE NIGER COMPANY’S EXPEDITION — THE FIRST GEOLOGICAL REPORTS — FIRST SHIPMENT OF TIN — OFFICIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW FIELD — TINSTONE CONCENTRATES ANALYSED — THE REPORTS OF EXPERTS — FRESH DISCOVERIES ANNOUNCED — CONFIDENCE IN THE FIELD ESTABLISHED — THE PIONEERS OF NORTHERN NIGERIAN TIN — THE INACCESSIBILITY OF THE FIELD — COST OF TRANSPORT — THE RAILWAYS OF NIGERIA — NEW LINE ADVOCATED — SIR WALTER EGERTON’S OPINIONS — THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PROJECTED LINE — VARIOUS OPINIONS — THE ROUTE DESCRIBED — THE BAUCHI PROVINCE — CLIMATE AND WATER — LIVING AND PROVISIONS — LICENCES AND LEASES — LABOUR — THE FUTURE OF THE FIELD — ALLUVIAL AND LODE MINING — THE GENERAL PROSPECTS — A DISTRICT FULL OF NARAGUTAS — POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL OUTLOOK
6. 6.PARTICULARS OF COMPANIES WORKING TIN PROPERTIES IN NORTHERN NIGERIA — CHAMPION GOLD REEFS OF WEST AFRICA, Ltd. — NARAGUTA (NIGERIA) TIN MINES, Ltd. — LUCKY CHANCE MINES, Ltd. — TIN FIELDS OF NORTHERN NIGERIA, Ltd. — JUGA (NIGERIA) TIN AND POWER COMPANY, Ltd. — PRELIMINARY REPORT BY MR. ARTHUR W. HOOKE, ACCOMPANYING HIS LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 14, 1910. — GONGOLA SYNDICATE, Ltd. — NIGERIA TIN CORPORATION, Ltd. — NORTHERN NIGERIA (BAUCHI) TIN MINES, Ltd. — REPORT ON THE N’GELL RIVER TIN DEPOSITS, NORTHERN NIGERIA — N’GELL STREAM AREAS — TIN AREAS OF NIGERIA, Ltd. — ANGLO-CONTINENTAL MINES CO., Ltd. — JOS TIN AREA (NIGERIA), Ltd. — BISICHI TIN COMPANY (NIGERIA), Ltd. — WEST AFRICAN MINES, Ltd. — BENUE (NORTHERN NIGERIA) TIN MINES, Ltd. — GEL TIN LODE AND ALLUVIAL COMPANY, Ltd. — AKERRI (NIGERIA) TIN COMPANY, Ltd. — NEW AFRICAN COMPANY, Ltd. — THE SOUTH BUKERU (NIGERIA) TIN COMPANY, Ltd. — RIBON VALLEY (NIGERIA) TIN FIELDS, Ltd. — THE REIN RIVER (NIGERIA) TIN MINING CO., Ltd. — ESTIMATES
7. 7.New Mining Regulations for Northern Nigeria — THE MINERALS PROCLAMATION, 1910 — THE SCHEDULE — APPENDIX
8. 8.ADVERTISEMENTS

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