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Exploration to the Tegora Antimony Mine Trail and River Trek at Kampung Puak, Bau

Before I shared with you my hiking adventure to the Tegora Antimony Mine and River Trek at Kampung Puak, let me share with you on what I manage to study about this historcal place in Bau.  HISTORY ABOUT TEGORA ANTIMONY MINE The arrival of James Brooke, an English adventurer to Sarawak was in 1839.  Brookesailed to Sarawak after having leared that the Brunei prince was favorably dispoed to the British and the district had valuable antinomy ore.  Brooke helped Hashim (Brunei sultan's uncle and Prime Minister, Pengiran Muda Hashim) suppress the uprising and in return for this assistance, and a modest annual payment, was bestowed the title Rajah of Sarawak in 1841. (1) Tegora Mercury Mine is loacated in Kampung Puak, near the Bungoh Range area at Sarawak, Borneo. It was operated by The Borneo Company in the 1800's and ceased production in 1895. It was re-opened during WW2 by the Japanese. (2) Antimony and cinnabar where the company's two ot