Panorama view of Perak Tin Mine
Rare panorama photo of Perak tin mine, early 1900.
I acquired the above together with a group of photographs of early tin mining industry in Malaya from France. The photographs are most probably about a French tin mining company in Kampar, Societe des Etains de Kinta.
The resolution of the original picture, measuring 103cm by 20cm is very high. I can see a signboard in one of the wooden structure and it reads "東 生 隆 公 司". A check with the National Archive shows the existence of a company, Tong Sang Loong and it has its head office in Pulai, Perak. On the right of the picture, I can see a pipeline running down from the hills to the tin mines below. Could this be the Gopeng pipeline?
One Perakian, has identified the location of the above photo as follows:
"I refer to the composite of four pictures. The highest hill which is seen in pix 2 & 3 would be Gunung Tempurung, with Anak Tempurung to its right. This means the mining land is in fact the area around Jeram, Kuala Dipang and Sg Siput (Selatan). The picture is taken from elevated ground and the vantage point could well be the quarry at the granite hills on the way to Sg Siput (S)."
Additional photos below.
Women dulang washer
Aboriginal child labour
In the
Kinta Valley book, Louis Carrard and Count De Chasseloup-Laubat made an
expedition to the orang asli settlements in Batang Padang, Sungei Telom,
Menson and Sungei Lengkat and took some photos.
Could the above two gentlemen be Louis Carrard and Count De Chasseloup-Laubat?
Is this one of the photos take by them?
