'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎476r] (978/1904)

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simply on© oi quipping certain heaps 7 lying with hia boats and
g08,r, on toe seaohor® ready or nenrly ready Tor loading. H® re
plied that he was rilling to do as directed.
3» On -Leaving Lingah 1 proceeded to Abu hiuoa to see the various
accumulations of oxide for myself, and now forward a sketch map
of the inland to acalo showing the position of them.
x should oxpxain here that ever oince the grant of the
o«s9ion in 1698» the Concessionaires hav# apparaj^tly
amsll number of coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. permanently employed in excavating the
oxide and colxeoting it in heaps near the pits so that when any
sal® is effected the stuff may be more handy for transport to the
seashore. Ti*« process of"cleaning" the material simply consists
of crushing the earth in course of which operation, stones, lutips
etc are eliminated r'rom it.
4» in view of the evident hop© which existed in the concession
aire's mind that under the present permission he might be able to
handle all the oxide already excavated, I was at paifaa to ensure
uiat in the letter written by Uheikh Sagar to ansan Ganayieh and
in ray communication giving cover thereto, it should be mad® quit©
clraar which heaps of oxide and which only were now under discus
sion.
1 tools the same precautions in my interview with Dr. Lieteraann
on 26th February and in my confirmatory jbetter to him dated 4th
I arch. He in return assured me that there was no misunderstanding
on this point; that he Quite understood that the only oxide in
question was that referred to lying on the beach near the huts and
that he ha^ made it quite clear in his communication to M oovbs
wonckhaue that there was to be absolutely no communication with
the mines themselves, nor were the coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. to go near them. He
fully concurred in the contents of the letters shown him.
5. I now request reference to th« enclosed sketch of the island
from which the position will b« rendered clear. The presence of
oxide is sho^n by red wash at 3 places, X , y, & z. Tfcwre is
no mine of oxide at Z which is merely the most convenient place
from which the loading of it on to steamers can be effected. There
are borings at X 4 Y and lying above the excavatiohs are sundry
heaps