Liu Shan Bang

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

History of East Malaysia
Main history1	Empire of Brunei Japanese occupation Borneo campaign British Military Administration Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Malaysia Agreement Proclamation of Malaysia
History of Sabah	Brunei Civil War Sultanate of Sulu Austrian colony North Borneo Chartered Company British North Borneo Antanum Mat Salleh Madrid Protocol Jesselton Revolt Sandakan camp Sandakan Death Marches Battle of North Borneo Crown Colony of North Borneo Self-government of North Borneo Cobbold Commission 20-point agreement Keningau Oath Stone Double Six Crash Cross border attacks from the Philippines 1985 Lahad Datu ambush 2000 Sipadan kidnappings 2013 Lahad Datu standoff 1986 Sabah riots 1991 Sabah political arrests Sabah State Water Department corruption probe
History of Sarawak	Kingdom of Sarawak Rentap Liu Shan Bang Syarif Masahor Crown Colony of Sarawak Anti-cession movement of Sarawak Communist insurgency in Sarawak Self-government of Sarawak Cobbold Commission 18-point agreement 1966 Sarawak constitutional crisis 1987 Ming Court Affair
History of Labuan	Crown Colony of Labuan North Borneo Chartered Company Administered under Straits Settlements Battle of North Borneo Battle of Labuan Administered under Crown Colony of North Borneo Part of Sabah Became Federal Territory
1: Covers the three territories.