Pine Tar: the black gold of the forest - how pitch is obtained by combustion

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Eugenio Monesma says

Thanks to La Cabaña Real de Carreteros, along with the Quintanar de la Sierra town council and other organizations, I was able to learn in 2009 about the ancestral burning of pine torches to obtain pitch, which was used to waterproof ships, among other traditional uses.