Engineers Confirm Rich Deposite Near Wuchang Hankow, Nov. 29.
Discovery of a rich coal vein by a Japanese army officer at a point 45 kilometres east of Wuchang today led to a technical investigation. A stratum of good quality coal fully one metre in depth, was found by engineers.
The officer who made the discovery was found to have a knowledge of mineralogy, having been formerly assigned to the Mitsui Engineering School as a military training instructors.
An average of 200 tons a day is said to be available from the mine, according to the investigations made thus far—Domei Bad Portraits of Gen.
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