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THE Thibetan gold-field of Thok-Jalung in lat. 32° A 24′ 26″ and long. 81° 37′ 38″ was visited by the pundits employed by the G. T. Survey, in 1867 (August). The camp was pitched in a large desolate plain of a reddish brown appearance, the tents stand in pits seven or eight feet deep for protection against the cold wind, the elevation being 16,330 feet, yet the diggers prefer to work in the winter, when nearly 600 tents are to be found there; the soil when frozen does not “cave in.” They have no wood, but use dried dung for fuel, and the water is so brackish as to be undrinkable until frozen and remelted, They live well, taking three meals a-day of boiled meat, barley cakes, and tea stewed with butter. They will not use the Himalayan tea, as too heating and only fit for poor folks.
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Gold Diggers in Thibet . Nature 1, 192–193 (1869). https://doi.org/10.1038/001192b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/001192b0