| Show nature supplies power and ice from volcanoes sometimes nature supplies p power ower tor for nothing the people of larder ello in the province ot of pisa italy live at the foot of an active volcano every unit of heat power and light used in the town is obtained from its fiery interior thus saving the citizens endless expense and taxation in addition commercial borax is obtained from blow holes in the hillside relates a writer in london answers magazine the people of shyria austria live beside another kindly mountain this is der erzberg elzberg Er the iron mountain which is feet high and contains about tons of iron ore fifty per cent of its volume there is another iron mountain in sweden which is 2455 feet high and contains more high grade iron than any other equal area on earth tor for seventy per cent is pure iron needless to say both these mountains have been exploited by the communities who live in the vicinity nature has also her own gasworks medicine hot hat in alberta has for years obtained gas and light from inexhaustible subterranean generating stations there are a number of wells which supply fifty miles of houses end and streets welland Wc lland ontario also has a nat iral gas fas supply and so has some of he midwestern mid western of the united states but in the latter case gas is sent by pipeline from texas where the wells are miles away mexico has a volcano that produces ice this is colima which sometimes bursts into activity by some freak huge hailstones fall continuously round the crater these are collected in special bins conveyed to distant towns and sold in cafes and hotels |
