gems, corundum, Burma.12, Mogok, mining

A brief description of the ruby and sapphire gem mines near Mo-gaot (Mogok) and Kyat-pyan that were five days journey from Ava (near present-day Mandalay). The information was taken from a report by a British diplomat on a mission to the Kingdom of Ava (in central Burma) in 1826–1827. The account was originally published in the Calcutta Government Gazette of 1st March.