Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1891 — Malay’s Tin. [ARTICLE]

Malay’s Tin.

It is said that half the tin in the world is exported from the Malay peninsula, where mining is carried on almost entirely by the Chinese. The mining is that of flood tin, and the metal is taken from the lowlands near the mountains, where It is found in pockets ten to twenty feet or more below the surface.