10241 bitumen

Heard a programe on R4 about tar sands in Canada and extraction of crude oil and it got me thnking.

A map of Roccamorice and Lettomanoppello shows several bitumen mines in the area and I have come across some weird dried tar like substance while digging out around some old outbuildings in our garden.It occurred to me that this could be bitumen?

I wonder if it will be considered worthwhile to start mining bitumen again? It would probably be a disaster for the local area if this did happen.

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