Anyone have any information on mining in Hong Kong? Particularly iron ore mining on Ma On Shan and the wolframite mines around Shing Mun.

This may be helpful, I hope.
http://www.skmconsulting.com/mining/index.cfm

In the latter half of the last century, there were a number of mines operating in Hong Kong, extracting such minerals as iron, tungsten, lead and graphite. However, the last significant mine, the Ma On Shan Iron Mine, ceased operation in 1976.

From: Institute for Molecular Manufacturing (IMM)

Iron mining has for long been carried out at Ma On Shan. The lease of the mine expired in 1981 and activity has meanwhile diminished as the quality of the ore has declined. Concealed mine shafts and man-made scree slopes are potentially dangerous and the area around the mine - excluded from the park, although surrounded by it - should be explored with care.

From: Hong Kong Country and Marine Parks Authority - Country Parks

Near the Shing Mun reservoir is Needle Hill noted as the site of lead and wolframite (tungsten) mines, which operated from the 19th century to the 1960s.

From: Hong Kong Hiker

[This message was edited by MilesWest on 06-11-02 at 03:40 PM.]

Frankvan,
Could you post that link again? It keeps coming up as a 404 check the address spelling. Thanks.

In order to answer your question frankvan ( I assume) and I used a simple Google search with the words "iron mine hong kong".

As you can see the link frankvan attempted to give you is the first on the list, unfortunately it is not an answer, or even relevant, to your question. The links and encapsulations I previously provided are also on the list, but further down, they are relevant to your question. If you want to research it more continue to explore the links of the Google search result provided and try some searches of your own.

Good Hunting!

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