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A MINE OF WEALTH UNTOLD

SPITSBERGEN'S RICH DEPOSITS. ~S o," 6 . t!m e ago it was announced that luu- 8 ! 11 , fla ? had teen listed in Ebeltaft Harbour, in Spitzbergen, and that the German houses there and the German wireless station had been destroyed. Spitzbergen, a group of islands t H lB /"* 0 Ocean, lie between FranzJosef Land,and Greenland. Tho islands are not permanently inhabited, but hunters tor foxes, bears, reindeer, seals, and walruses pay regular visits. Coal and marble are among the minerals known to be on the islands, which, however were not claimed by any nation previous mi ,7 n OT !» a " claim a year or two ago. Uie_ Daily Express" recently publish, ed an interview.with Mr. Salisburv-Jones, leader of the British Spitzbergen'Expedition, on his return to London. Happily," he said. "Spitsbergen will never be another Heligoland to this country. On the contrary, it 'will n B Britain s Arctic Gibraltar.-the northern entrance to our islands, for it possesses the most mngnificent deep-water harbours I have ever seen in mv world travels Our vessel carried law nnmliers of mini ws. enormous quantities of minin.r ma. term , and three and a half yoaivi'' wi supply. AVhen I tell vou that Swedish experts estimate that there are twentytwo milliards of tons of iron in Spitz liergep you may realise how nll-imW-tnnt it is. There are from thirtv to fifty miles of mountains containing the richest iron in the world. As frr cml vast, seams of it are visible on the hillsides' Boh the coal an,l (I, P iron ar(v and cheaply mined by nuarrvi™ filing, not bv costly pits ns in F,n"lnnd wo have c'inched our hold on Sn shall he ,W to meet not only Brrh lr , s ron i „„,, j . monts. but aso thn« of the CT c„t ScandinaviP.. »M Norf.b-TVct. „ lnr . kors Con, ,„ now ,£lfl 10s. a ton in Norway! Can to,, wonder, therefore, that the Norv-eg.anc and Swede w b(lpn «n? We found some Ml Norwegians ->ml ;Y ' nw '°- i"' l !"> c t rear flier .„„,i I***, tons of shinnin,' „t ™\ ™ Snifzliereen coal and iron for nnvia. -All the same, thoso „e„trals are now confimnrr i) mr activities t„ j, (.„„> pnrnfivclv little sn-co in the British inWsrs. thanks to 0 "- Nan-.'have gained the nmier hand. Germany's are non-existent."

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 73, 20 December 1918, Page 5

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A MINE OF WEALTH UNTOLD Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 73, 20 December 1918, Page 5

A MINE OF WEALTH UNTOLD Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 73, 20 December 1918, Page 5

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