The Black Cat Track is a rough overland route from the Morobe coast in Papua New Guinea at Salamaua to the township of Wau. It is a historical route first used by prospective miners searching for gold in the 1920's and 30's. When gold was discovered at Wau it became the only route to the goldfield before an airstrip was created. Morobe Province is a province on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. ... Salamaua is a small town situated on the northeastern coastline of Papua New Guinea. ... Wau is a town in Papua New Guinea, in the province of Morobe. ... The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. ... General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ...
As a hiking track it is a 3 to 4 day leech infested, torturous, route that has been described as "suitable only for masochists and Israeli Paratroopers", but it also offers fascinating scenery and village life. Orders Arhynchobdellidaor Rhynchobdellida There is some dispute as to whether Hirudinea should be a class itself, or a subclass of the Clitellata. ...
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