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Otago Witness, Issue 847, 22 February 1868, Page 6

MINERAL WEALTH OF JAPAN.

' ; 'jii; Qp^^ the British,' .Gonsul-atiHakQ-' ,jdadi,,,refer3 a 'in.oH3- report 6f.^jthis-,yearto» which, aboundiin-the island' and , states :Kihat!>he^has'.*visited r someMofltthe r drich'intosj^hich : haye k ,b^en' abandoned '-thiiciiigh* mere ignSra^ce^of iBS fii^en^neei^^n^rinwpres, c aSd ni tl^%u^li ■*di^re|a;rd !l 'for ectinomy of atid/)s|b^\ BiAate^j^ ivr^ley., weU Jhp* ne^egsaryi : ;^o^ •forj. q arpQjng : . v lib.e; .g^lienes x and;pk^pftT7aterxto'^piljjma«i [(Operations :#ere"dactt»ailyv--to ßqeasel^Ken' vfchfe:' yein'aof-tto're^ if«iind;.was'.bver'three feet^wider FiirthW; i-ori; someAO miles-^iri'±He^n6iglibb'uth6 yd;v d;d < •of^TJlop-, arid Jiii''alino^ ;^s^favourabiS7a; .beeiC'ip^o.wed'.rrpni the^ s|irface t vrh^e/ /crpsskout^ng lo^e,r||4o^-n,tii;mth.; / ;gaUeries/>andrrth.usaineeting themin ttelr .thickness: Many- "where' vfctiis mineral- is| found i are lefthmuJdtieed'.iGo^peEiandiirpn:) arejjfouiid^iii' diffife^t ' fbi;ins;f« Pn'-theleaat'coast'tlie-Consul'ihas'' gonb-'over 1 miles -"and- miles i>'f iron^saffd^ WnlSh is'Said'to contain, .over 60.^63? cent/ iof inetal'. 1 ' G-olfL" is'; found in" small,' '^uan^^an'^heVicini^ oi]Dlop;: ,^pPher4 r arelalsp.'s'iJrjnigs *iiiSic|iti6jn ' [0f.,, the^'probabie^ . existence. , of j .petroleum n ja6jt ; "!far j'iTaelpTyw-.thektorfajCe/i ,p6al.MnJentiful.>ioTp : .use the.expressibn 1 'of,a,iiative officery.cliffs of;pure]coali>form" part of tb/e ,east| coast' near •fexisurij Vhere" thei.)-i-waves.>-;"virash; '-it "into '■' the <>!* 'seal' Russian' men-ofrwar ;jk are •-"■ allowed

heip iWjiicb. ihe 1 ■Jap f ahVe J [.feav'6'' wa^te'.^ne^ f frontielr-at jKarsonSaa. ',*;Again/ r at Iwanai,' <;16se''fb ! a'fair'anbhprkge in t^e Japan Bea,"' '$6 ConsulSjisii6 f d;4 ndjt^ine'of excellent; 'soft ; /'coal,'; j-which*^'fe'nr'fia r •v/ith alcjea/f^e^ gives' 'great iheat, 'jandjis^almost' 'fr^e'^fiipm. a : shes ; ; rthe 1 b^eing .cen£ ; pi^e'Jcol^ cc I3sper:icen I 35per :i cen^ t bi^mu^^ ' giving g%esL 'arui iO^fef ceht." ashes.'- -'4 An" engineer' emx>lpyei3! J in f^awVmjlls.beldngiiig' r to; a'; Bxiiiwh^fittnfat '/Hakodaiii 'describes' the c"6ali,'in! a^^itten^report, ' tlas'gopd, as . aiiy J ' Ehglis)i ',',coai'' he has' eyer used. ". ..Ttte';Aiiips, J ot'aborigineS .of ' Yessp,; are^sp. festric.tea in] jjri iiTdgis,'^ aAd, ' socially ,'con -. 'firie r d despptic'^ruiefs,' that ttist 'interesting 1 irace' T^iay' f/^e .'coiisidered 'as! slowly '.disjip'pe^riiig "and . gi-adually .being fei>laced^by .native's''' of the 'southernislands.-:'! 1 > jV - II ! •""'". ';' ' "" '