Author: (DIEST, P. VAN)
Title: De Kolenrijkdom der Padangsche Bovenlanden en de mogelijkheid van voordeelige Ontginning.
Description: Amsterdam, Stemler, 1871. sm. 8°. recent cloth, orig. printed wrapss. laid-down. 76pp. incl. so-called Bijlagen. some full-p. tables (as Bijlagen), large fold. sketch-map, col. in the outlines at end of volume, with short legenda. R/M (1908), p. 209. Important feasability study on coaldeposits in the Padang Highlands (: Sumatra), incl. recommandations for profitable exploitation. (some ex-lib.stamps)

Keywords: padang highlands coalleries mineral deposits exploitation omblien coalfields feasability study colonialism sumatra indonesia mining economy profit southeast asia 19thc.