Perak Miners Boring for Tin Kinta Valley Br. Empire Exhibition 1924 Old Postcard

Vintage Old Real Photo Photograph Photographic Picture Post Card, Malaya Pavilion. British Empire Exhibition 1924. Straits Settlements Malaya. Ethnic Life. Perak, Tin Mines, Miners at work, Mining. Boring for Tin, Kinta Valley.

Publisher: The Malayan Governments Houghton Butcher (Eastern) Ltd Camera House H.B.E. Ltd
Series No: 318
Background: Kinta Valley in Perak, Malaysia, has historically been the most productive tin-producing district in the world. The valley is formed by the Kinta River, a tributary of Sungai Perak, which flows between the Main Range and the Kledang Range. It forms the largest tin field along the Siamese-Malayan peninsula tin belt. It has been mined since ancient times by indigenous peoples but more intensively mined by the Chinese and Europeans since the end of the nineteenth century.

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Perak Miners Boring for Tin Kinta Valley Br. Empire Exhibition 1924 Old Postcard

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