| Show tle Asi i i th ls r dr 0 0 O 8 9 e eo et a e ep o o O I i i i j i siFi S i i i ile 1 o ri to tol f t I J I tL 1 la dl u wA 1 4 L e to a j s 3 y ll j 0 a T l r CHINA HINA UNEXPLOITED AN NINE MINE OF F UNTOLD WEALTH I IG i iT e B Ba a d 1 ft r ry t a t 7 ty irye fT 0 yr fr Tr nI fop s s v vI 1 6 G OO t UI O D I H T MAY f y bl be that th t powers WI WIe a e sM IT N noW gathered abut and ao 0 lOUd watching In r I China Chin are re mot mo II d by I s reo re red d gard tor the tho hp Manchurian dy r I acme ao a 1 about to Ie round Its I and more ot of sr with In Ut hut this I r bt be contrary ld l all ail 00 of nf and nd the bare ba aup IU I f would loul l be met by the astute Itule v of un any aill clau tower with stilla of incredulity r Thy would you roU It they al owed to the truth though diplomats are said aid to told t the III Ia such luell high teem ell to tol l ff l III upon a th its on for In the ot of their oriental 1 iE boo I la that there Is II still 1 1 some milk len left In the Chlo Chinese Il co coIt coIf 17 It If not nOI then Ihen hT r this persistent i I m continue shaking of I the Ire Iree I II h and amid Ihl unseemly for Ih the thed Anil d r laid n a WIll well known ot of flog tan tall bout about if er yeah A ago when he founts a aI at t I I of t beautiful Iho shots on the rout Or of N New w for Cor sale going JOI to lake any more ore country like thus a at I least my lifetime li and Antl lm Im bound to el l sll 11 I 1 ran can ot of JL Acting upon this ht he In III Ing g s reeled all ail the hI he could 1111 and the Ille II b that his hili heir too toomy today s my may bf be with Lh tI r J flip reverend gentleman knew a gOOd thing when he saw it II ht he allo knew here wag to he be a dearth ot of g goat 1 things ot of he COlI COlIS S Y tel 00 JIll Ills 1 to II he that ot of ott t the great lowern In their dealings wIth China I tacitly or avowedly the Ihl pre prel l mien ot of l on tho Ihl 10 lookout for tor new worlds to 10 conquer TheIr but their I I OOn lulon lead lip up to 10 the same I result Thal they roust o the ot of their empires the of their ter n a glance over Ou the map ot of the world to till tiny whet lints larKe extent ot of territory inn tic Ind l or ot of profitable t 1 Civilised x 11 man Inan ha 1 his almost from pole JOle to tD polo he hits hns tm 1 the burning senile 1118 of the I nham the enD snow appal and lIl etl the ro recesses ot of the And Andes with the result tHull that but n small portion of oC the globe Iobe remains Vu Pu ture generations therefore will love loveto to lilt alt nt fit hone b by the chimney corner with no outlet for their ambitions trod no 1 for far tu to the tho gar garner ner nerod 1 tre ot of the world The 1110 world arid ot of the century W woe II Indeed 1 n orange or orange ange and explorers animated h by tine the high to add to tn knowl edge not to 10 ot of rulers of at their end wIre were In tie d flair lr when lust Ju t et t the moment In the nick of III way happens In tho distribution or of b by n II bountiful Creator Crealor AS ae rural II the err cry of oC coal petroleum natural ps gas etc China large In Ih the el eye ot of the theun un It II suddenly u 1111 en I came Am house home to lu all that here nt at last lut was WAil the opportunity of lute century 11 was Ih the orange through the or of Veil cell past h bee II been t tIn In order that It night eventually l e 1 Ami doubt not net th that It w It II Lito bs tot tor though the pawed may went m to tobe tobi bi be on the momentous gees thin To squeeze MUIZ or 01 not 1101 to 10 they th will 01 relax their grip upon tb th fruit plucked ll III hr the lone nt et long II as n a drop droll ot of juke main Tint Bul there le Is the m niI a tb the ie the i the method In Inking nl hy by the and 1100 its Ilfe out ut II by ox like the tho ur nr Inca hwal tax A ot of RI III prevent the Tram tl this meth l They will he b o more to 11 pursue Ih the grender scheme ut of Chi Chih h territory among for to the lasting benefit bf coming Or et at any rote that b I the way they 11 wll put PUI It The various I u we Ino know ha have already wen mA mail nut thE only nuts the Ihl Isa Is a to till th value of their elz fir Tharp la II no difference ot of opinion u to the Ule value ot of ChinA In I Its entirely the vast vall t seen In the towel ot of the earth All Au Ar are that thol they the Itle or body or of miners wealth In the world it 11 may have bAve ben been Le because uM ot of VIII vast ot of chiefly ot of gold wold copper Iron and coal that China h 1151 held herself herMit I eo Helu livE Ire k keeping foreigners from her lute Inte nor province and jealously guarding the HIP ot of her wealth At least on one le la on record ot of a viceroy ordering or dering the equipment ot of R a large mill and et t the seine time uHla Ol sr r rNEAR NEAR n d t tn r r k preventing nn nuy foreigner from entering mitring his hIli province either to alt Ihl In establish lug InK the or to Inspect I t It after It woe set Yot up An adequate conception ot of R R In ht general ma mey ho bo obtained I Ionly only lIy by n survey lit of its 1111 climatic geo I hail geologic r hr by which I we 0 find ml that It can oon he 00 roughly Into three ZOIl runes with different tern soils and North or of the or Ot Greet Yellow 1 rivet river there lit lies the northern or cold colli zone lone with n a climate adapted to the handier r ot of this river In Ile general course lies the he central zone rice anti wheat slew ten b and cane Ial I IThe The southern zone hee a hotter hoUer climate and n a tropical vegetation along the rout coast While there Is II An unequAl ot of throughout the f yet no nn unbroken chain chilin trout the northeast ot Of to 10 the province or In the far southwest t To with JI Its mountains have han long Wen known knowlI to be rich lu III the most tal al minerals minerai particularly In III rapper l lend Anti Iron In the valley 1111 ot of the Io der 1111 a I tributary ot of the a great t ot of geld hu 1155 been obtained hy by lug with will mot most appliances the tho pl pincers resembling lit In many the he In III the of oC Santo b by Columbus A which was organ n rw few yens IRra xgo gold to lire Ihl amount of but the late interrupted the working or of the placer anti In the present 11 condition ot of till the It my mey not lie be liet t lUme ver very soon loon Of sliver there le II lenot not much In the empire though It hu has Ken found In and hll a coin eny was all formed for work workIng Ing to 10 a recent con consular sular report the export ot of oltI from In 1 a single year ar amounted to gels tul or wh ln of diver for tor the same period tar II or to 10 the amount of 1 was Imported It 11 Is III mainly In hr the ot of teal Y r t e ef ep w w I 1 it a c cT cV T V t t parr y R d r t tr r cU cUt d t fr r br rt c BI r x is cp CHUNG CHI TONG TUNG VICEROY OF HUNAN AND and iron that the northern rn 9 8 and In Q a Imper sent out by the tho merchants ot of In run they soy f The mineal wealth ot of tills province Is g great t for tor besides besIde gold lead and are RIt alao found and there lire are ot of tin copper anti lie ye bOil Ilan abounds Most alit however nto the large deposits ot of coal or of various d bitUminous elo t requiring to develop dePoll n large export ratio alit 1111 compete In the mini market 1 with Tien mud No Now that the tho nl are predicting n h shortage In the tho worlds coal supply anti nul theta are Indications that output in III growing lees year by year yonI It will bo be of Interest to 10 tonolo nolo that In the single province ot of I lying to III that ot of In ht which Peking le I I situated It is III that coat coal to the amount of I ir t i y t x it t a ar r 1 i I r 1 r f 2 r metric tons Ions Is s within an nl nten en of oC not over oer A recognised ll expert Ih the naron von Un In 1870 1810 this Inre Inco ot of one ot of the most re remarkable reo coal and Iron regions Ilona In ox ex Alluding to assertion that the state ot of nie then led letl the w Orld with its lis square ot of coal land or about hAlt half Its total areA iaron von claimed that the coal coni n area a ot of l was Iy by tar ter greater than that of the state and ami COUld produce lit III coal cOlli alone Ione the enormous amount or of tuna And this wa 30 years cara ago before the reel real posit ol of China were wel A mining engineer Mr Ir N F 1 l rak wh has ha mere recently Ih the vast ut fields of report the rani of iu In that province III ht many instances from 22 to t 23 feet teel thick on the average erne ot of good goal workable anthracite The methods employed In mining this coal of Are thoss In III VO vogue ell all allover over China hillA and ml are 19 the most mOlt primitive conceivable No art are Use UseIn 4 In Nel getting tint It out end and no steam Its Is used i min In hoisting It to the surface III hll how IMP deep the About Aboul poune pound are hoisted term from the mine at a time by means ment ot of 1 a rude wooden aril 1111 the loads are re drawn to the shaft along the galleries b by Inen crawl crawlIn Ink In K an all four foU The total output ot otI n t I the he Iii In not over tons ton per er annum And It le II taken to 10 mr mar mrk marin k in III small d drawn by oxen or on pack animals ever ter trails paved ved with atone Into which deep rule have been heen worn by the of centuries Shand t by the wa way Iles directly In Inland Inland land about aeo mil from the coast of i whets at the have a naval ba bass and port purt or of supply which they IhlY three years f fURO URO It II their declared when lh they later secured a fr rail i to 10 th the country In Ih the dir dh 1111 of thus IhuK tap tapI I In mg Chines richest tor or which they aim to and doubtless will control is II ushered well endowed by nature b 1 large deposits of and anthracite teal All as well a nar nary Iron or ore antI and very er fine black oxide t f Iron The Th merchants ot of which Is In ht the Iho north northeast lIll hart or of i pay In their heir report Oil on the resources Th there are vats val gold gohl and coal nines hiM he and It only concessions could bf be obtained to 10 work these the result would lie be 1 a Uon ubon to 0 generally The anI only minI mines ns as yet et with withe 1 11 e canal an I a market b f Food lire are those e or of and l halping al In the Ihl of which have han liMn been quite successfully Worked Thre Then are nn lent nt mines In the hills to In tilt the west I yard Ard or of Peking where there manual laW faIM le II employed There Ih the hu human human man traction animate draw the ht east aut autin In little carts attached to their Ii sights fashion The coal is then semis to Peking and on the barks ot of It Is worthy ot of note lint while there I is en ot of In China Im anal while II coals but a few cents ter IlIr ton tonto tonto to gat It out within a afew few fel miles or Of mines hrH have been Leen worked for Cor centuries afford to 10 tomake make use uso ot of coal as fuel ruel the rot cost of at transportation I Ii so great It t This shows how necessary mitt lIft and l to the working or of mines ot of whatever character and nl At same time Urne It I Is In an eloquent COm COin on Chinese methode metho The nYe the tho that will the tho railroads to the Interior ot of China nud It not lit be long before tM the con lons obtained b by countries F S REGION It A I I 1 A is e ANA F Ek b C Sf YNG INIE of I I end and l will Le be utilized thereby Opening up hitherto unknown An and un d r I There i is little doubt that the rights ot of foreigners In China secured to 10 them 1 by br treaties will not nol only on I te be re but extended by negotiations with China In iii ll n near r future though 11 b by the former acts th they were fire well protested were re It rl to 10 the rivers aril to wander nt at will throughout the em but In the interior especially In Intile Inthe tile the province of travelers sad prospector found 1 a great at deal leal of oppa III lon In sortie lIoma QUI l being roughly bandied Theoretically the foreigner Iree every right to 1 Incite ule and exploit a vein but actually lie he will nl al always ways a encounter some Mm objection which will render that alleged right nura nuga nugatory tory tor Th The foreigner la Is supposed to stick Ilick to lu the assigned filar lIn lInIn In ht the I r a I ports o nod and when found wandering about the is II al ai always ways l to 10 hi he set t upon b by n a rabble ThIs I Ic one of grievance 1 which the forth ruing negotiation will have to abate lIat ao I that the foreigner In China will h b K as safe there then u tilt lie Chinaman le II lion 1111 in III I the h United States StAte Will Whit to lh Ih southern provinces of Chi Chin Chlan n an are p cel for Cor their vege tab than for Cor their mineral minerai productions I mO more I th than traces of copper and andl foal l hose l been noted In tung whit hi h t the famous elt city of Can Canton ton Aft As the Ihl or of the adjoining I ut lr Hunan are reached the mines become more mere numerous And In to 10 the of murk much It has een done toward the tel devel or of the mineral wealth The Th s I roy rhY or of thIM two to provinces Chung Ihl hl Tung 11 was at ont one time working mn coal and Iron mines but I swing u 10 t the h distance between th the d de deposit posit and t the ht lACk ot of I Ilion lion Ion hl his ensures are said Ild to haY have been I n at al a lots lOllI Stilt he not only the mines but he set Nt up blast It at t 1 feints from one I group o of t a hick on the 11 he de Ih ore or it at tI lie rIver port part of oC I i mil mimics distant at the price of at ro o cents n a ton lo t I effort toward the development of mines In China has hns not been wholly lacking and nd there are that for tor puny the tho deposits U have hae u In n a rude rulle way In fact cool COllI tins In use lu III Chi China other countries a hardly knew of its 1111 existence Six ago the famous traveler Marco Polo said All over Or the country or of CA lie he called le Is a kind of oC black stone In L beds 11 In f rr j tipP R n P r r zt pf is q t ta I a r Jr I AT s or 1 PAGODA r r I t 1 J a p i il J the mou n III I hII which the people dig digout digout out and burn like It le Is true that they have plenty plent ot of wood also alRO but Lut the they do not burn It because these burn better nn and cost lees lIs 1 It II is II no longer true that wool wood Is 18 plentiful tn In China Chin but Il II I b n fact that lint the Chinese have hae learned the art of oC US In lag coal III n a most mOlt economical esy a Is 18 powdered and mixed with lIh Wet wel clay sawdust dult or manure In the of about seven enn parts to one rolled In bolls and dried in the sun an and with th these balls and a bit of charcoal the very el poor cook conk their meats IIII and warm themselves illes at al Irl trifling ox ex pease When within reach of a reel minI mine the poor people obtain their fuel Il galls but Lut It has been estimated thAt the ot of transportation averages I 1 tact pr per lox Ion for every Ir tIn ten miles or five or dx Ix times Its original oral for tor mining which h is 18 not over oer 14 or 16 o cents per Iler ten len lens s Su It will I be seen that the question ot of developing the ninny mines mineR or of China Is interdependent with that ot of trans Ion Theta Theto le Is one article of do made Use In Chinas subterranean i treasure house hOUlt which should not nol be overlooked since It has 1111 proved ble both bolh for tor home consumption An and ox ex oxcart cart loori This article in Ik sal 11 1 a govern rn monopoly from which le Is derived i ian an annual revenue ot of nII nearly 1 The salt wells ot of China Chinn sala N R I the United Stales consul general nt nl Shanghai are found in Yun Tun run nan and The Ingenuity which 1100 years ago bared through solid rock to the depth or of from 1000 to 10 test attests skill that may still The salt wells In the Yang tee region lire are et ed at more than 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