. Mining and Scientific Press . A TROM M EL IN IT IN THE BELGIAN CONGO. .TOPLIN JIG!- I ; Ill \Ti 1111 ROOF IN I IREGROl SD. PIVES CARRYING GRAVEL IN BASKETS. Till BEDROCK OF N IN I III i \|. November •». 1921 MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS 647 Experiences of a Mining Engineer in ihc kasin |)C Diamond Fields. Belgian Congo By J. E. Robison Tin- Fonniniere*, a corporation operating in the Bxuu, employs a number of American engin in its exploration ami mining activities. Tin work, up ,l confined chiefly to tl iploitation of diamonds The teohnioal part of the undertaking offerslittle of i 11
. Mining and Scientific Press . A TROM M EL IN IT IN THE BELGIAN CONGO. .TOPLIN JIG!- I ; Ill \Ti 1111 ROOF IN I IREGROl SD. PIVES CARRYING GRAVEL IN BASKETS. Till BEDROCK OF N IN I III i \|. November •». 1921 MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS 647 Experiences of a Mining Engineer in ihc kasin |)C Diamond Fields. Belgian Congo By J. E. Robison Tin- Fonniniere*, a corporation operating in the Bxuu, employs a number of American engin in its exploration ami mining activities. Tin work, up ,l confined chiefly to tl iploitation of diamonds The teohnioal part of the undertaking offerslittle of i 111 < standpoint; the great bulk of the work is carried on by hand, necessitat-ing in ii jes simple ami primitive methods ami ma-chin, - ;li. base of suppliesand tli- difficulties of transportation, largely accounl a mining engineer who has accepted a position with the Fonniniere arrives in the Congo In is i not only witli a new language and new customs,hut with an unfamiliar country; with all of these he imes mor ? less acquainted on his trip into the* interior Be arrives al Matadi, tl I of en
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