Vacation Star | Mbah Soero Hole | Mbah Soero Hole is a tunnel under the ground or under the township residents who have long hallways. The hallway begins from Tanah Lapang village, Lembah Segar sub-district to the office of parliament. This mean that the hallway of Mbah Soero Hole up to 1.5 km with a slope close to 20 degrees. Mbah Soero Hole is the starting point for open pit mining in the town of Sawahlunto. The opening of Mbah Soero Hole conducted since 1891 while the construction is carried out in 1898. Not much different from other mining areas, in Mbah Soero Hole also employed the prisoners, known as 'the chain'.
In the course of its history, location of Mbah Soero Hole is very close to the Lunto Trunk that bring harm to the environment and the mine itself. This mean that the hole had been dug with difficulty and very deep in the former was closed due to seepage of water from catchment Lunto Trunk.
Consequently in 1932 the construction of Mbah Soero Hole is to be discontinued. At some point in the Mbah Soero Hole is forced to shut down again in order to avoid greater harm. Closure Mbah Soero Hole is done with concrete walls. While it was closed, but after independence Mbah Soero Hole reopened in part to conduct an investigation. However, the same condition in 1932 re-encountered. That is, mining remains can not be done because it is covered by water seepage of Lunto Trunk.
Mbah Soero itself is known as the foreman and he was very close to 'the chain' and society, he is also known to have high mysticism. Because social skills and high knowledge of this reason eventually Mbah Soero become community role models. Mbah Suro is have 5 children with 13 grandchildren. While his wife a midwife. Mbah Suro died before 1930 and was buried in the graveyard The chain, Tanjung Sari, Sawahlunto
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