Nigeria and its tin fieldsCalvert, Albert Frederick
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Nigeria and its tin fields
Calvert, Albert Frederick
Tin mines and mining -- Nigeria
_South Bukeru._—This property, comprising an area of three square miles,
is situated about four miles south of Bukeru. It is situated on the top
of the Bukeru watershed, a basin heavily watered with small streams
running through the whole area, which is stated to be alluvial, and all
the ground is tin-bearing from the top to the bottom of the pits, which
have been sunk to a depth of about fifteen feet. Pump or boring plant
will be necessary to thoroughly test the property. This property has been
sold to the South Bukeru (Nigeria) Tin Co., Ltd.
NIGERIA TIN CORPORATION, LTD.
_Capital._—£100,000 in 100,000 shares of £1 each; 34,782
issued; a further 25,000 are under option at 25s. per share
until December 31, 1910.
_Directors._—Oliver Wethered (Chairman), H. C. Godfray, R. J.
Hoffmann, H. J. Moir, C. V. Thomas.
_Secretary._—George Kerr, A.C.I.S.
_Offices._—Capel House, 54 New Broad Street, E.C.
This company owns four areas aggregating 14 square miles in Nigeria,
and in addition to these has large holdings of shares in the leading
companies operating in this field, including:
Champion Gold Reefs of West Africa, Ltd.
Naraguta (Nigeria) Tin Mines, Ltd.
Juga Tin and Power Company, Ltd.
Anglo-Continental Mines, Ltd.
Northern Nigeria (Bauchi) Tin Mines, Ltd.
Another of the company’s assets to which considerable importance is
attached is the interest in the Juga (Nigeria) Tin and Power Company,
whose property comprises what is known as the Juga area, situated on a
plateau 3,280 feet above sea-level, amounting to 1,600 acres, and the
Sub-Juga area which, as its name implies, is situated upon the lower
plateau immediately below Juga, amounting to 6,720 acres. A further
property, known as the South Juga, has also been acquired. From August
15 to September 10 the quantity of crude tin produced by the Juga
Company was 12,339 lbs., but Mr. C. G. Lush, the consulting engineer,
states that, as in the case of the Naraguta property, the bed of the
river, in which the richest deposits of tin are contained, is exposed for
calabashing in the dry season, which is now beginning, so that a much
larger output of tin may be confidently expected in the near future. New
plant is now being supplied capable of dressing twelve tons of tin oxide
per day.
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