Chinchow, Mar, 2.
Discovery of rich depaiits of iron and gold in Jehol_ was announced here to-day by geologists of the South Manchuria Railway Company who have been surveying the resources of the province for the past. ten months, 'The iron' veins, estimated at 180, 000,000 tons, in the vicinity of Kiangtsao, Luanbinghslen, The Iron contents of the ore were placed by the geologists at 80 per cent, The SMR. has already filed an application for a permission to ex-plait the resources.
Last month the "¥.800,000,000 concerned announced the opening of iron mines in other parts of Jehol and
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