East of this border point the two motorists found yood going over a nicely surfaced road) which ran through a narrow valley for about a hundred miles. 'This rond was prac+ tically deserted all the way to Chian, At which thriving tittle city they arrived about' noon on Sunday, completing one day's journey from Henge yang. Although there had been some Bombing in Chinn in the past the town had recuperated and business was Woing well," The pair purchased more gasoline at Chinn and this time paid $45 for a five-yslion tin The next stop on the itinerary was the Tittle village of Hsinkuo. where they arrived at dusk after a rainy Journey from Chian. To their amazement they were greeted by eight or yourly Chinese bo} bearing Mashilghis and brandishing hotel cards. Some of the boys spoke fairly fo convince the foreigners that the hotel he represented was' the best, At length the pair looked around and Aivally chose hostelry which wi absolutely. spick and span. Later the doctor discovered that the hotel ownfers were former Nanching hotel pro-Prictors who had scattered to towns Along the trade route.
After a good night's rest in Hsinkuo Dr. Greene and Mr. Blackston con= tinued on their way to Tingtu. This part of the trip was most interesting Dr. Greene and took them over a brand new road through mountainous country. "Although a brilliant sun bad €ome out (0 dry un the results of the previous day's deluge it was stilt heavy going on the road, especially on the sleep grades. 'The road took them through' sharp cliffs of black sandstone and white stretches of sand, Di. Greene described it as the most scene country he had ever Later on they passed by mountains of granite and then came to a most amazing sight.
The road had been cut through a huge seam of coal. Even the surface of the highway was coal and Boulders hurriedly thrown up on the sides of the road were glistening black chunks of the precious mineral. "The engineers who had built the rosd had Seen too busy to pay any. attention {othe material they wore digging up order to cleave a path for the new highway, and as the place is {or {rom human Habitation the coal, neglected, ligs by the side of the road for miles ata si reich, This Instanes, related by Dr. Greene, ives one a' faint idea of the untapped mineral wealth of China, Then, suddenly, they came upon a mountain standing majestically alone, {Us light-coloured peak reaching up the sky. This lightness of colour was due to snow, the mountain was fol that high, but'was caused by some substance which extended {rom ihe peak downwards to cover one-third of the mountain. It appeared that the mountain had been quarried so the travellers stopped their car to discuss the phenomenon with a farmer who happened along.
The farmer gave them their answer. The top of the mountain was of limestone formation and had been worked for centuries. Some of the old trails Which had been used for hundreds of years before were still plainly visible the sides of the mountain. cently, the farmer told them, gu powder had been used in quarrying the limestone, " Workers would ex= plode a charge of gunpowder and then Wwateh great boulders of the stuff come rolling down the mountain slopes.
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