BURNING MINES
FIRIIS LAST FOR CENTURIES There have been som e remarkable instances of mines abandoned to peipetual fire. At Brule, near St. Etienne, a mine that has been on fire for ages has given the distinct a volcanic aspect. On the other hand, the burning mine at Zwickau, in Saxony was turned to account. Tbo tire began in the fifteenth century, and at last, in 3 Sy7, ingenuity discovered how io convey the hot vapours through pipes which warmed magnificent conservatories . Similar results were hoped tor in the case of Staffordshire’s “burning Hilis,” near which snow never Jay and the grass was always green, and for a time tropical planjts imported at great cost flourished there. But the Are died put .and so did they.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3291, 10 March 1926, Page 14
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126BURNING MINES Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3291, 10 March 1926, Page 14
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