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Show Seam of Burning Coal Keeps Mountain Warm A unique Australian phenomenon Is the "Burning Mountain" at Wlngen in northern New South Wales, which scientists say has been oo fire t.000 years. According to a party of geologists, who have Just returned from an ex ploration of the mountain, says an Associated Press dispatch from Syd ney. there lies below the surface a burning coal seam. Long before Eu ropean settlement in Australia "Burn ing Mountain" was known to the aborigines, and to them It owes Its name, Wingen. signifying "fire." The geologists report that the sura mil' presents the appearance of the debris ol a vast block of buildings consumed by fire with an explosion ot two throwD in. Smoke and steam continuously are Issuing from differ ent points, and there are numerous depcslts of alum and snlphur. The burning seam probably Is SU feet or more !d thickness, say the geologists, and Is being consumed at the rate of from 12(1 to ISO yards each century The warmth of the moun tain In winter time attracts cattle, horses, and wild animals. |