Liu Shan Bang
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Liu Shan Bang (simplified Chinese: 刘善邦; traditional Chinese: 劉善邦; pinyin: Liú Shàn Bāng) was a famous Chinese gold miner in Pangkalan Tebang, who is known for being the leader of the 1857 Chinese Uprising against the White Rajahs in Bau, Sarawak.[1] He was the leader of the Twelve Kongsi operating in the Mau San gold mine, and the once prosperous self-governed mining town of Bau Lama or Mau San.[2][3]
Later years
After the Chinese uprising in 1857,[4] the mining operations were gradually taken over by The Borneo Company with the last Chinese syndicate being bought out in 1884.[3] In 1898, The Borneo Company introduced the cyanide process for extracting the gold,[3] which led to increased environmental pollution. The mines were closed in 1921 because most of the easily reachable minerals had been removed.[5] But during the Great Depression Chinese miners continued to work the mines.[6] The mines were reopened in the late 1970s when world gold prices soared, but closed again in 1997 when the Asian financial crisis started.[7] However, by 2002, Preston Resources began developing the mining operations formerly held by Malaysia's Oriental Peninsula Gold.[8] In 2006, Zedex Minerals purchased the controlling interest.[9]
References
- ^ http://story-of-sarawak.blogspot.my/2011/09/perspectives-of-sarawak-history.html [unreliable source?]
- ^ http://worshipdevotion.blogspot.my/2008/01/bau-chinese-insurgence-1857.html [unreliable source?]
- ^ a b c Kaur, Amarjit (February 1995) "The Babbling Brookes: Economic Change in Sarawak 1841-1941" Modern Asian Studies 29(1): pp. 65-109, p.73
- ^ Chew, Daniel (1990) Chinese Pioneers on the Sarawak Frontier 1841-1941 Oxford University Press, Singapore, ISBN 0-19-588915-0
- ^ Lucas, N. A. (1949) "The Production of Gold in Sarawak" Sarawak Gazette issue of 1 February 1949
- ^ Wilford, G. E. (1962) "The Bau Goldfield" Sarawak Gazette issue of 30 April 1962
- ^ Staff (2000) "Gold Mining in Sarawak Loses Shine for Now" Bernama, the Malaysian National News Agency 10 December 2000
- ^ "Preston buying into Sarawak goldmine" Sydney Morning Herald 16 July 2002;
- ^ Bromby, Robin (2006) "Finance: Pure Speculation: Burston to test his mettle in magnetite" Weekend Australian 1 July 2006, p. 37
