Precious Stones And Gems, Their History, Sources And Characteristics
Precious Stones And Gems, Their History, Sources And Characteristics
Edwin W Edwin William Streeter
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Soon after the annexation of Upper Burma, the author of this work, under circumstances which will be fully explained subsequently, applied to the Indian Government for a concession of mining rights in the newly acquired territory. During the negotiations, his son, Mr. George Skelton Streeter, Mr. C. Bill, and Mr. Beech, were permitted to accompany the first military expedition to the Ruby mines. In Murray's Magazine for May, 1887, an article was published on the subject, which had peculiar inte...rest, since it was written at the mines, and was the first description which had ever appeared from the pen of any European expert in gems, personally acquainted with the stones and with the district. Much of the following description of the mines, is from the pen of Mr. W. S. Lockhart, C.E., who resided at Digiti zed by G00gle Tlie Ruby Mines of Burma. 163 the mines for nearly two years as Engineer-in-Chief to the Burma Mining Company, Ltd., and thus obtained a very intimate knowledge of the native methods of working.
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