Monday, Aug. 11, 1941

Old California mining sites, of which no trace remains, can often be relocated by nearby thickets of ailanthus trees. A University of California scientist made the discovery and found the reason: in gold-rush days, Chinese cooks, laundrymen and coolies planted the ailanthus, known to them as "tree of heaven," to remind them of home.

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