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December 7, 1926
The Pleasantville Press
Pleasantville, Atlantic County, New Jersey
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Dense jungles in Guatemala highlight prehistoric forests that formed thick coal seams and stored vibrant colors in coal tar, now extracted for modern women's fashion, evoking ancient tropical beauty. (From National Geographic.)
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Gay Colors Put Away in Nature's Storeroom
One of the densest jungles on earth today lies along the Motago river in Guatemala. Should nature, by the process of the coal age. transform that jungle into a coal seam, it would be only a few inches thick. What a forest of tree life it must have been to produce the seams of coal which we mine today. One of the thickest on record is 66 feet. While nature was storing away the sun heat captured by the prehistoric jungles, nature also put away the color of that tropic world. Within the last 50 years chemists have discovered vats of every imaginable color concealed in gummy black coal tar.
Modern styles of women's clothing quickly took possession of these color "miners." so our avenues are brilliant with the hues of luxuriant herbage which we may imagine beautified our earth, millions and millions of years ago.-National Geographic Magazine.
One of the densest jungles on earth today lies along the Motago river in Guatemala. Should nature, by the process of the coal age. transform that jungle into a coal seam, it would be only a few inches thick. What a forest of tree life it must have been to produce the seams of coal which we mine today. One of the thickest on record is 66 feet. While nature was storing away the sun heat captured by the prehistoric jungles, nature also put away the color of that tropic world. Within the last 50 years chemists have discovered vats of every imaginable color concealed in gummy black coal tar.
Modern styles of women's clothing quickly took possession of these color "miners." so our avenues are brilliant with the hues of luxuriant herbage which we may imagine beautified our earth, millions and millions of years ago.-National Geographic Magazine.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Nature
Exploration
What keywords are associated?
Jungle
Coal Seam
Prehistoric Jungles
Coal Tar
Colors
Women's Clothing
Guatemala
Motago River
Where did it happen?
Along The Motago River In Guatemala
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Location
Along The Motago River In Guatemala
Event Date
Millions And Millions Of Years Ago; Within The Last 50 Years
Story Details
Dense jungle along Motago river in Guatemala would form thin coal seam; prehistoric jungles produced thick coal seams up to 66 feet and stored colors in coal tar, discovered by chemists in last 50 years and used in modern women's clothing to brighten avenues like ancient tropic world.