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This brief history of the Needle Hill Tungsten Mine does not attempt to cover the geology or mineralogy of the mine, nor details of the mine workings. For a much fuller account, which includes this information plus photographs, plans and further references, try The Geological Society of Hong Kong Newsletter Vol 9 No 3 pp29-40 (1991)

This brief history of the West Brother Island (Tai Mo To) Graphite Mine does not attempt to cover the geology or mineralogy of the island or mine, nor details of the mine workings. For a much fuller account, which includes this information plus photographs, plans and further references, try The Geology and Exploitation of the West Brother Island Graphite Deposit as shown in Source 1 below.

This brief history of the Lin Ma Hang Lead Mine does not attempt to cover the geology or mineralogy of the area or mine, nor details of the mine workings. For a very full account, which includes this information plus photographs, and further references, try The Story of Lin Ma Hang Mine as shown in Source 1 below.

Notes from the web...

CEDD:

Between 1906 and 1976, the mine produced more than 3 million tons of processed ore and remaining ore reserves have been estimated at 4 million tons.

AFCD: