Nigeria and its tin fieldsCalvert, Albert Frederick
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Nigeria and its tin fields
Calvert, Albert Frederick
Tin mines and mining -- Nigeria
[Illustration: 205 NARAGUTA. CLOSE TO MAIN WORKING FACE, NO. 2 STOPE]
[Illustration: 206 NARAGUTA. TIN MINING. YORUBUS WORKING IN THE GROUND]
[Illustration: 207 TROOPS LEAVING NARAGUTA CAMP FOR BAUCHI]
[Illustration: 208 NAFUTA GORGE, LOOKING TOWARDS JUGA
The Juga River runs down the centre and passes to the Nafuta Flats]
[Illustration: 209 NAFUTA GORGE
The river at this point is lost to sight thirty feet below the big
boulders in the middle of the ravine]
[Illustration: 210 PROPOSED DAM SITE, JUGA]
[Illustration: 211 PROSPECTING ON DUBBO OR TOPAZ VALLEY]
[Illustration: 212 MR. C. G. LUSH’S CAMP AT JUGA]
[Illustration: 213 CAMP OF MESSRS. LUSH, HUDDART, AND WALTER WETHERED]
[Illustration: 214 MESSRS. HUDDART AND LUSH PROSPECTING ON ONE OF THE
CREEKS OF THE DUBBO OR TOPAZ VALLEY PROPERTY]
[Illustration: 215 FACE OF ALLUVIAL, 16 FEET DEEP, AVERAGING ABOUT 6 LBS.
OF TIN PER CUBIC YARD: DUBBO OR TOPAZ VALLEY MINE]
[Illustration: 216 JUGA CAMP: PAY-DAY]
[Illustration: 217 RAFINSIROMA CAMP]
[Illustration: 218 RAFINSIROMA DAM, LOOKING SOUTH-EAST]
[Illustration: 219 HOUSE-BUILDING, RAFINSIROMA TIN MINES]
[Illustration: 220 A GROUP OF NATIVES]
[Illustration: 221 VIEW IN AMO]
[Illustration: 222 A VIEW IN VOM]
[Illustration: 223 MR. G. W. CHRISTIAN
A Nigerian Trader]
[Illustration: 224 STEAMERS DISCHARGING AT BARO]
[Illustration: 225 BARO RAILWAY YARD]
[Illustration: 226 BARO BEACH JUST BEFORE THE RAILWAY WAS BEGUN:
BARO-KANO RAILWAY]
[Illustration: 227 SETTING OUT EARTHWORK AT PATATIFI, BARO-KANO LINE]
[Illustration: 228 TEMPORARY BRIDGE OVER THE BAKOGI RIVER, BARO-KANO
LINE]
[Illustration: 229 ENGINE OF THE EMIR CLASS ON STEEL BRIDGE, BARO-KANO
LINE]
[Illustration: 230 EARTHWORK IN PROGRESS, BARO-KANO LINE]
[Illustration: 231 STRAIGHTENING ROAD AT RAILHEAD, BARO-KANO LINE]
[Illustration: 232 NIGER END OF THE LINE: VIEW FROM BARO HILL]
[Illustration: 233 GENERAL VIEW OF BARO STATION]
[Illustration: 234 MR. H. W. LAWS
Engineer to the Niger Company]
[Illustration: 235 MAP OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA]
[Illustration: 236 MAP OF NORTHERN NIGERIA]
[Illustration: 237 MAP SHOWING ROUTE OF RAILWAY FROM BARO TO RIGACHIKA,
ABOUT 225 MILES]
[Illustration: 238 MAP SHOWING RAILWAY AND ROADS TO THE BAUCHI TIN
FIELDS]
[Illustration: 239 ALLUVIAL TIN DISTRICTS IN THE BAUCHI PROVINCE]
[Illustration: 240 PLAN OF THE NARAGUTA TIN MINES SHOWING WORKINGS]
[Illustration: 241 PROPERTIES OF THE JUGA (NIGERIA) TIN AND POWER CO.
LTD.]
[Illustration: 242 PROPERTIES OF THE LUCKY CHANCE MINES, LTD., IN THE
DUBBO DISTRICT]
[Illustration: 243 THE DUBBO OR TOPAZ VALLEY PROPERTY
Belonging to the Lucky Chance Mines, Limited]
[Illustration: 244 RAFINSIROMA TIN PROPERTY
Belonging to the Lucky Chance Mines, Limited]
[Illustration: 245 THE POLCHI ALLUVIAL TIN PROPERTY
Belonging to the Lucky Chance Mines, Limited]
[Illustration: 246 THE BILIDI ALLUVIAL TIN PROPERTY
Belonging to the Lucky Chance Mines, Limited]
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