Show WOOD LASTS FOR CENTURIES oak buried in water or at wet sand hao proved to be practically indestructible men aten employed in driving a new gat gal lory in a go cold d mine at charlotte ln in victoria australia arvo nido in an astonishing discovery at a depth dath of 0 feet below ground they have baa come coma upon pieces piece of timber perfectly preserved which have every appearance of having been sawed and shaped by the fitina of man tills this timber lies in tile the bed of an ancient river now being worked for told gold and the timber to Is oak now oak has tho the peculiar property of lasting for centuries when buried in water or wet sand oak plies piles have been taken out from under old wooden bridges constructed by the romans and found as sound as when they were put there nearly 2000 years yeara ugo sigo oak known as bog oak Is found burled buried in irish peat bogs and Is perfectly black intensely hard and very tery Mil just before the worlds war etwas it was discovered that the bed of tho the river in russia Ilus sla for a length of over miles Is simply full of 0 magnificent old trees bedded in sand the river 11 th fallow allow and broad find and the oak can easily be raised smaller deposits are found in england there Is a pool ln in the river dart known front from time immemorial is s oak pool lit in the bottom of which are nias masses ss of line fine old oak the strange thing Is that hint there are no oak trees near the spot at present |