DCHP-3

gum bed

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1876
Sometimes you came upon patches of "gum-beds," as they called them, where the ground was like tar, and smelt strong.
1889
In the neighbourhood of Oil Springs are situated the 'gum beds.' These are tracts of about four acres each--there are two of them--covered by a crust varying from two or three inches to about as many feet in thickness; the accumulation, it may be supposed of ages, being a residuum from the oil forced to the surface. . . .