WIJERIYA, mine near

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

One of two tiny plumbago (graphite) mines (compare: Ereporuwa, Tenehena mine), which both lie north of Kolonne (note 1), is reached from the village of Wijeriya (note 2) where a small track leads initially west to a temple and then in a northerly direction across paddy fields and past pools of water to a hill with a short mine (Eckrich 1984).CAVE LIFE: Eckrich, Michael (1984 personal communication) had surveyed bats here (Chiroptera).One of two tiny plumbago (graphite) mines (compare: Ereporuwa, Tenehena mine), which both lie north of Kolonne (note 1), is reached from the village of Wijeriya (note 2) where a small track leads initially west to a temple and then in a northerly direction across paddy fields and past pools of water to a hill with a short mine (Eckrich 1984).CAVE LIFE: Eckrich, Michael (1984 personal communication) had surveyed bats here (Chiroptera).