Show illar all aar billins illins Il lins 1 in burnish amber Is found la in a re glon difficult of access and jealously guarded by thoe who hare have every in terest in keeping their secret it I 1 tl situate la in the li takong valley our rounded on three tide sides by almost im passable ranges of mountains so that it Is only from rom the south across loir low hills forming the watershed between the ch adwin and the irra waddy in one of 0 these low hill ranges a aie the famous lad and mysterious loin mines of golden resin it Is obtained in a very primitive way ay after the th harvest harest the diggers go to the hill and selecting a place where there an are no pits ins dug by previous prospectors pros shape ath with their swords a small pointed hoe a wooden shovel and a 1 basket of 0 split bamboo NN ith these they make a hole in the blue clap re to moving the refuse by means of the basket and gradually deepening the shaft three men work in company one below the shift not being larce large enough tor for more than one at a U time m 0 while the others hand up the bas basket k el the amber Is found in pockets dockets which are generally indicated by strings of coaly matter appearing in 14 the clay stray |