Sawahlunto or Lunto Rice is one of the cities in West Sumatra, Indonesia. This city has an area of 5.86 km ² and a population of 15,279 inhabitants. Sawahlunto a mining town only in West Sumatra. As a mining town, the town with the same time the emergence of coal mining is carried out by the Dutch colonial government in 1892. Coal is found here since the mid-19th century by Ir. de Greve. He then proposed to the Dutch government to mine coal in this area because it is necessary for the world and transportation industry at the time. Since the discovery of coal that this region is always visited by geologists. Finally, after the local community "submit" this region to the Dutch in 1876, then dirintislah coal mining in this area. Mining is managed by the state and after independence given the name of PT Tambang Coal Ombilin (TBO). TBO and then liquidated the son of PTBA (Bukit Asam) located in South Sumatra. Now, since the reforms are rolled developing mines in the area people. People feel entitled to do mine too. Mining they do not only on the ground, but also land owned by mining PTBA UPO.
