MINING DISTRICTS OF LOWER PERAK. / 



small rectangular lots. 30 feet long by 1-3 wide, round which 

 the canals are made to circulate, these lots are ultimately 

 worked out, hut not to a greater depth than 5 feet below the 

 water mark. 



These mines are worked by the owners, or by strangers who 

 obtain from them a permit to dig, provided they remit one- 

 third, one-sixth, or one-half of the product, according to the 

 richness of the soil. 



Quite lately a Chinaman has come from Gopeng and started 

 a new mine, where thirty men are employed. 



There is no doubt that the whole region lying West of Bu- 

 jang Malacca will prove to be one of the richest fields in the 

 whole State. 



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This district is small, but produces first quality ore. district. 



The most important works are in the vicinity of Kampong 

 I\aga Barn. 



The formation is entirely granitic, and large quantities of ore 

 are found on the surface of . the soil, requiring but the trouble 

 to pick it. 



The sand of the river is also very rich, and many inhabitants 

 of the village are employed in washing it, getting an average 

 of 70 cents a day. 



Some few Malays are also employed in collecting tin-ore in 

 the different small " gullies " formed by the last ramifications 

 of the range. 



The only large mine at work in the district belongs to a 

 Malay, who has let it to a Kongsi of fifty Chinamen for one- 

 tenth of the total produce. 



The wash lies at a depth of thirty feet, and though being 

 only two to three feet thick, furnishes better results than in any 

 other part of the State. The ground is more loose and easier 

 to dig than in other districts. 



A small amount of gold is occasionally found mixed with 

 the tin, but not in payable quantities, the proportion, however, 

 increases in the direction of Batang Padang. 



Judging by the very large blocks of solid oxide which are 



