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Needham/NRI2/SCC2/232 contains:
1 Letter from C. N. Bromehead of the Geological Survey and Museum, London, originally accompanying offprints on the history of mining
2 Copy of a 'Nature' article by Joan M. Eyles enitled 'Georgius Agricola (1494-1555)'
3 Three reproduced drawings of Cornish tin mines
4 Typescript notes headed 'Geology of Western Mines Limited', describing mines at Buttle Lake, Vancouver Island, Canada
5 Report on the effect of government tax policies on the mining companies of British Columbia, Canada
6 Typescript notes describing the mines at Lake Buttle , Vancouver Island, Canada
7 Correspondence with Exploration Geologist, Jocelyn Pereira in London, about the history of mining and related documents
8 Note published in 'The Guardian' of an antiquated law governing miners in America recorded in 1653
9 Programme for a conference on the history of mining and metallurgy held in Prato, Italy, April 1986
10 Correspondence with Prof. Peter Golas of the University of Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., about a work by Chang Hung-Chao [??? / Zhang Hongzhao] entitled 'Ku Kuang Lu [??? / Gu Kuang Lu], (1954).
11 Photographs of illustrations of mining from «????» [Tien Kung Kai Wu / Tian Gong Kai Wu]
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title Typescript notes describing the mines at Lake Buttle , Vancouver Island, Canada
Reference SCC2/232/6
Covering Dates 8 Aug. 1975
Extent and Medium 4 pieces; Paper
Content and context

Joseph Needham visited the mines in August 1975. The notes are headed 'Western Mines Limited - Concentrator'. A small sample of ore from the mines is attached.

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