VIEW OF THE TIN MINES ON BANKA. 
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the Lower furnace is at Sungie Bnldk: here 32 hands are employ¬ 
ed, and the ore collected in the same space of time above mentioned 
was upwards of 1000 Ingots. The mines of Siam and Tdpidm, 
likewise in the district of the Lower furnace, give separately work 
to 13 miners, but they are conducted with less regularity than the 
three large mines first enumerated: they are capable of producing 
if properly administered, collectively, about 1000 Ingots annually. 
It may be noted, regarding the mines of this district, 
]. That they command a sufficient supply of water from a stream, 
during the greatest part of the year, 
2. That the ground contains, according to all indications’, a con¬ 
siderable store of ore, and may be worked for a number of succes¬ 
sive years, 
3. That a considerable proportion of the miners are married, 
which has a great effect in fixing them to a particular spot, and ma¬ 
king them useful in their profession, 
4. That the dispostion of the miners is obstinate, highminded 
and riotous. 
In the 10 small mines of this district 29 miners are employed at 
present; they produce collectively in common periods, 1000 Ingots 
a year. 
In the district of KKbbet 2 large and 9 small mines are at pre¬ 
sent worked : they are all situated in the central part of the western 
peninsula, within the circumference of a few miles of the Upper-fur¬ 
nace district above mentioned. The first large mine is that of Sm- 
hin : it employs 32 miners and in regard to resources and productive¬ 
ness resembles the three large mines of the district of Jebus. At 
a reasonable estimate the annual produce of this mine somewhat ex¬ 
ceeds 100 Ingots. The mine of Sunnie employs 21 workmen and 
500 Ingots at least may annually be expected from it: of the small 
mines of Blabet, nine in number, several are favourably situated; 
the aggregate annual produce may at a low rate be calculated at 100 
slabs. The large mine of Yunkin is at present neglected in this 
district. A considerable store of ore is said to be remaining but its 
depth exceeds that of the other mines, and the extraction of the ore 
requires, in consequence, an additional expense. 
In the district of Sungie-hulu the large mine of Tdyu is worked 
by 28 miners ; it is situated near the central mine district of this 
peninsula, in the neighbourhood of the mine of Siam. Besides the 
two small mines, in which about 7 bands are at work, an attempt 
