Omaha daily bee

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with a leaf mold washed down by the rivers from

the mountain forests. In this way humus and

lime are combined to form a Soil of the greatest

fertility.

The most famous of Dominican resources, and

the one about which the American consul receives

the most inquiries, ia its gold. In the Ciboa range

and in the San Cristobal region there are placers

which have been known and worked for centuries.

In the days of the Spanish occupation it is said

that the invaders gathered great stories of this

treasure by trading with the Indians little silver

hawkbells for their fill of gold. Nowadays the

peon women wash gold out of these same streams

with wooden bowls, making a few dollars a week,

and by a law of the land the common people are

protected in their right to work these placers.

The forest resources are another example of

nnusued wealth. One of the largest Dominican

imports is lumber, and yet there are extensive

forests of pine, oak and chestnut, as well as ma

hogany, satinwood, lignum yitae and rosewood.

The most serious lack in Santo Domingo ia

coal, which will probably limit the future indus

trial development of the island more than any

thing else. There is an abundance of iron ore

and also lead and copper, but no mineral fuel

has so far been discovered except lignite.

Another atriking and so far undeveloped re

source is two mountains of rock salt, said to be

remarkably pure. They are in Barahona province.

Even though revolutionists and -bandits are

suppressed, this land of treasure is effectively

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Omaha daily bee. (1917). Omaha [Neb.], 1917-04-03. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn99021999/1917-04-03/ed-1/?sp=6

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Omaha daily bee, 1917-04-03.