This new book just published, may be of interest to some members of the list:
"Tin Mining in Malaysia, 1800-2000 - The Osborne & Chappel Story"
David Palmer & Michael Joll
Hardcover, 222mm x 140mm, 352pages
ISBN: 978-967-10295-0-3
Price: £20 (+p&p).
The Malay Peninsular was the principal source of the world's tin throughout the 20th century. The book contains a short history of the mining industry in that country with particular reference to the firm of Osborne & Chappel. "O&C" was one of the earliest of the European pioneers and played an important part throughout the history of tin mining in Malaya and in the Kinta Valley tin field in particular.
The book emphasizes the foresight, astuteness and involvement of the Cornish investors who, from the early days, acted as a catalyst for establishing the tin mining industry in Malaya; an industry which, together with rubber, formed the mainstay of that country's economy for so long.
A section of the book describes the various alluvial mining techniques used over the years.
The book is available through myself at:
M Joll
Manor Cottage
Stoke Climsland
Callington
Cornwall
PL17 8NZ
UK
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