History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c12.s1.t9.2

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There are three lodes in the deposit: the East lode, the North lode and the South lode. Boreholes have proved ancient workings on the East lode at a depth of 254 m, with a sample of timber at this depth radio carbon dated at about 1840 years before present. Ancient working are also found on the South and North lodes, with radio carbon dates for wood samples from South lode from 3120 to 2200 years.