Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1892 — Malay’s Tin. [ARTICLE]

Malay’s Tin.

It is said that half the tin In the world '% exported from the Malay peninsula where mining is carried bn almost efl* tlrely by the Chinese. The mining is th.it of flood tin, and thametal is taken froi, the lowlands near the mountains, wher It is fopnd in pockets ten to twvntj fee' or morP suriace.