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MALAY PENINSULA (Continued) 



The geographical position of the Malay tin regions is given and the general 

 geology of the Malay Peninsula. The Kinta district is then taken up, its location 

 described, and the occurrence and nature of alluvial tin ores of the district are 

 treated. The accompanying minerals are also noted. The occurrence of tin ore in the 

 rocks, the origin of the deposits and the commercial features are discussed. 



PHILLIPS, J. A., and Louis, H. See No. 1350. 



715. PIKE, E. R. Mining in Perak, Straits Settlements. 



Trans. Mg. Ass. Inst. Cornwall, Vol. 3, 1892, Camborne, pp. 194-201, discussion 

 pp. 201-206. 



Gives a brief general description of Perak, the location of the tin-placers and the 

 mining methods of the Chinese. Also describes the Kinta tin lodes and Malayan tin- 

 smelting practice. 



716. PLACE, JOHN. Tin mining in the Malay States. 



Engineering, Vol. 82, 1906, London, pp. 281-284, pi. 1. 



A very general article giving a description of the country and trade conditions, 

 with short descriptions of mines and smelting. Prophesies further development and 

 increase of output. 



717. RATHBORNE, AMBROSE B. Camping and tramping in Malaya, fifteen years' 



pioneering in the native States of the Malay Peninsula. 



1898, London, pp. 117-166, 333-334. 



Pages 117-166: General description of mines (wholly untechnical), labor, social, 

 economic conditions, fuel supply, roads, etc. 333-334, geology: " Upheaval of the 

 granite"; "more violent" between 3 and 6" than between 1 and 3. Limestone 

 occurs in the northern half of, the country. Near Thaiping, borings show country to 

 have recently sunk over a hundred feet. Old cannon found at Larut 30 feet below 

 surface in tin mine. Stone implements frequently found, but no mammalian bones in 

 the gravels. A hoard of Portuguese coins of the 15th century was dug up at Kintu. 



718. RITTER, CARL. Die Erdkunde. 



Vol. 5 (Die indische Welt), 1835, Berlin, pp. 77-79, 246. 

 Treats of the tin of the Malayan Peninsula. 



719. ROLKER, CHARLES M. The tins of Banca and Billiton. 



Eng. Mg. Journ., Vol. 28, 1879, New York, p. 338. An abstract from an article by 

 E. Reyer. See No. 117. 



See No. 1357. 



720. Ross, D. Notice of some tin ore from the coast of Tenasserim. 



Glean. Sci., Vol. 1, 1829, Calcutta, pp. 143-144. 



Description of some stream tin from Chanda, half way between Mergui and Tavoy. 



721. RUMBOLD, WM. R. The tin deposits of the Kinta Valley, Federated Malay 



States. 



Amer. Inst. Mg. Eng., Vol. 37, 1906, New York, pp. 879-889, figs. 1-4. 



Reprint: Mg. Journ., Vol. 80, 1906, p. 460. 



General description of Kinta Valley; alluvial tin deposits; lode deposits; (a) those 

 in granite, (b) those in limestone; origin of the deposits. 



States that this district is probably, at the present time, the richest alluvial tin 

 district in the world. 



