ABSTRACT
Although West Pahang had produced gold for centuries, systematic mining only began in 1889 when William Bibby (1837-1900), a Liverpool-born Australian gold miner employed by the Australian Syndicate Ltd, sank a sha at Raub. A er detailing the di culties faced by Bibby, the anonymous author of this pamphlet describes his own descent into the mine, extraction methods, the workforce, the on-site processing of ore and the returns enjoyed by the Syndicate. Underground mining continued at the site until 1985 when open pit methods were adopted. From 1889 to 1985, the mine produced nearly 1m ounces of gold, 85 per cent of Peninsular Malaysia’s total output.1
