RADIUM MOUNTAIN.

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 115, 11 April 1930, Page 15

RADIUM MOUNTAIN.

ALLEGED DISCOVERY. Under the title of "Radium —Untapped Empire Sources.” the Cornbill Magazine, London, publishes a story by Mr Robert M. Macdonald of the discovery of “a radium mountain,’ 2UUft high, somewhere in the vicinity of 21 degrees south," and between 135 and 135 degrees east. The hill for the most part is in oxide form,-and is far richer than the Katanga deposits in Africa, says Mr Macdonald. Close by is a famous anthropologist, living in a' hark hut, who told me that the aborigines call the hill “Ghost Mountain,” because it is illuminated by rays of light by the radio-active element, tire rays of which are rendered harmless by lead ore. Mr Macdonald remarks that the story may interest anyone contemplating a radium quest. He describes the find as being made on a comparatively recent prospecting trip. He mentions that two persons who saw the mountain had just como from Katanga, and adds that, as more knowledge of the treatment of radium ores is now available, lie may revisit the scene. The bearings indicate that the mountain lies in Central Australia on line almost due west of Bowen (Queensland), and on a line almost due north of Port Lincoln (South Australia).