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Ban Pa Ron of tambon Ron Thong in Bang Saphan welcomes visitors
to experience the local way of life and try searching for gold
as the locals do. Anyone can rent a large round wooden container
called a liang to stir and filtrate gold from rocks and
sediments taken from the water. They can take home the gold they
find. A Liang is made of hard wood, such as makha. Long ago, the
area had plenty of gold ore. Even recently, some people found 5
baht and 7 baht of natural gold in Klong Thong.
According to Nikhom Ratkhiri, a village headman of Ban Pa Ron,
gold from Bang Saphan is 99.99% pure and can be sold right away
to gold shops. The fame of this community began in the reign of
King Borommakot of Ayutthaya Kingdom (1733-1758). It all started
when some locals who came to search for wild products here found
gold in the Phan Lam stream and informed King Borommakot. Gold
prospectors later flocked to the stream, later renamed Klong
Thong, meaning Stream of Gold, and a village for gold
prospectors was set up. Gold weighing 3,200 baht was found here
and presented to King Borommakot for decorating the tip of the
pavilion enshrining the Buddha’s footprint in Saraburi. The late
King Bhumibol Adulyadej also visited this community in 1977, and
the locals presented him with gold weighing 9 baht found in the
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Bang Saphan |
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