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Two HK Mines

January 11, 2013 Hugh Farmer Articles, Mines, Quarries + Dredging

Despite its small area, Hong Kong has a relatively large number of minerals. A large number of these have been prospected, a lovely term conjuring up images of the Klondike gold rush, and I estimate about 25 actually commercially exploited.  I have recently posted on Gwulo.com a brief history of two of these mines neither of which, should you be […]

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graphite, GSHK, lead, sssi

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