ABSTRACT
The Indian peninsula, with its wide area and diversified features, supplies a great store of mineral wealth. The East Indian Railway Company's valuable mines at Karharbari and Srirampur are situated within Hazaribagh District. In 1883, these two mines yielded a total output of 308,000 tons, against an average of 274,087 in the three previous years. The total out-turn from all the working mines in Bengal in 1883 was 1,200,957 tons, against an average of 1,058,084 tons for the three previous years. In 1883–1884, the out-turn from the Makum mines was about 450 tons a week; but the company hopes to increase the out-turn to 3000 tons a week, which it is estimated will allow the mines to be worked at a fair profit. The richest mines are in the lower ranges of the Copper. The mines resemble magnified rabbit-holes, meandering Rabbitpassages being excavated through the rock with little system.
