The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-28
A RICH FIND
IN WILD RUBBER
LARGEST AND RICHEST FIND OF
NATURAL WEALTH IN UNEX-
PLORED GUIANA FOREST.

New York. Sept. 27.--One of the
largest and richest finds of natural
wealth discovered in many a day
is reported from British Guiana, on
the estate OF the Bartica Company,
an American corporation engaged in
developing agricultural properties in
that colony.
In the midst of recently eX.
plored tropical forest, into which the
foot Of even the Aborigine is be
lieved to have never ventured and
which was valued only for its tim
Der land, an immense tract of wild
rubber has been found in flourishing
growth.
Investigation to cate shows an
average of 20 rubber trees to the
acre, indicating an estimated total
of 2S0,000 trees to the whole area.
The trees range from 20 to 80 inches
in circumference and are ready for
immediate tapping. They should
yield an average OF at least five
pounds each IN the first year of
their tapping or a total OF 100000
pounds, although maturel trees of.
ten yield from ten to twenty pounds
of the lateX each.
No attempt has yet been made to
appraise the commercial value of
this tremendous deposit of natural
rubber but at the prevailing price
of that staple it should represent
a substantial sum. Among the trees
found In greatest profusion on the
estate are the Heyea and Sapium
from which high grade rubber is
produced. During the past twelve
months the best grades of rubber
reached as high as 1912 pound
and is now around $3.50 a pound.
Even on the assumption that the
analysis of the samples of the par
TALLY cured rubber extracted from
trees on the estate and forwarded
to New York for examination, will
show an inferior grade, the enor.
nous indicated output of the prop
erty should insure an income of
considerable proportions.
Strangely enough the great forest
which concealed this discovered treas
ure had been marked for destruction
to make way for an immense planta-
ton of cultivated rubber which the
company contemplated developing on
its site.
The property on which the discov-
cry was made Is known as The
Hills and was acquired last spring
Ivy tie Bartica Con Iany. organ
| lied under the laws of Maine with
an authorized capital CT sz,000,O0O.
1t is situated at the junction of the
Essoquibo and Mazeruni rivers, near
the town of Bartica and about 80
miles from Georgetown, the capital
of the colon
OF its $4,000 acres approximately
! 1850 acres are tropicai woodland,
which because of it's dense under
growth had never been explored. On
visit paid to the property some
months ago by Henry C. Pearson,
editor OF the India Rubber World,
that expert discovered wild rubber
! on the outskirts of the forest and
expressed the belief that an extend
ed examination of its interior would
disclose the presence of the tree in
more or less abundance. Acting on
his suggestion, the jungle WAS ira
yersed from end to end, revealing its
long hidden wealth with the results
indicated.
Z. A. Hackett, secretary of the
Bartica Company. has sailed tor
British Guiana to have full invent
ory made of the number of the rub
Der producing trees on the estate
and to direct a thorough exploration
of the entire forest to develop the