Excerpt from The Geology of the Goldfields of British Guiana
The geological reconnaissances, the results of which are described in the following pages, were commenced in 1897 by an examination of the North-Western district of the colony, and completed in 1905 by one of the Berbice River district.
The examination of the North-Western district was instituted by the Government, at the request of some of the mining companies interested in that district, to ascertain the truth or not of allegations made that it was a volcanic district and not rich in auriferous rocks. The examination having shown the incorrectness of this view, on the motion of the Hon. G. Garnett, the Combined Court voted the money necessary for the examination of the other mining districts of the colony.
The preparation of this Handbook is due to a suggestion by His Excellency Sir Cavendish Boyle, K.C.M.G., Governor of Mauritius, while acting in 1901 as Governor of British Guiana. Its completion has been kept back by the delay occasioned by the examination of the Cuyuni River district and the carrying out of the many analyses and petrographical examinations required.
Concise chapters dealing with the history of mining enterprise in British Guiana, and with hints to travellers through the colony, have been contributed by F. Fowler, Esquire, Commissioner of Lands and Mines.
Mr. C. Wilgress Anderson, F.G.S., F.R.G.S., of the Department of Lands and Mines, has contributed a chapter descriptive of the natural features and topography of British Guiana, with a sketch of its various inhabitants, and one dealing with the facilities for transport in the Colony.
A map showing the structure of the northern portion of British Guiana has been recently published. The results of the geological reconnaissances described in this book are recorded on it. It was drawn by C. Wilgress Anderson, Esquire, F.G.S., F.R.G.S., the geological details being inserted by myself.
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