. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. THE CUBA REVIEW 21 can corroborate the statement, which is only emphasized by his further study of the chrome fields of Cuba. Before finishing this review of the mining industry in Camaguey, reference should be made to the Caguasal Copper Mines west of Ciego de Avila which, at the present time, are the only camps shipping copper ores from the Province of Camaguey, while chromite is being shipped from the chrome deposits mentioned in the preceding Mayari Iron Mines, showing the steam excavators at work. Notice thickness of ore Mantle. PROVINC
. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. THE CUBA REVIEW 21 can corroborate the statement, which is only emphasized by his further study of the chrome fields of Cuba. Before finishing this review of the mining industry in Camaguey, reference should be made to the Caguasal Copper Mines west of Ciego de Avila which, at the present time, are the only camps shipping copper ores from the Province of Camaguey, while chromite is being shipped from the chrome deposits mentioned in the preceding Mayari Iron Mines, showing the steam excavators at work. Notice thickness of ore Mantle. PROVINCE OF ORIENTE. The Province of Oriente is the most mountainous part of Cuba, and also the richest in mineral production. The mining districts are distributed around the largest cities and towns of the Province, and so we find Holguin, the biggest of the western cities, as the centre of a region in which gold has been mined for many years; its gold mines, centuries old, are still productive although the output is rather limited. There is a chrome mine some 12 kilometres northeast of the town which is shipping 33% chromite. To the northwest there are several copper prospects, among which the Guabasiabo claim is said to be a real mine. Felton, on Nipe Bay, is the shipping point of the great iron deposits of the Spanish Amer- ican Iron Company, which along the North coast of the Province, extend, roughly speaking, from Mayari to Baracoa, with an average depth of 25 feet, several kilometres wide, and about 100 kilometres in length, making up the most important one body iron deposit knowa in the world, with a tonnage of thousands of millions of tons. The ore is earthy and moist and is mined by open cuts made by steam shovels. The pine forest growing on the plateau is cleared and the shovels are turned right in to scoop the ore, that is the "soil," into the cars which are taken by locomotives to the edge of the plateau and then sent dowoi an incline to the coastal plane 2,000
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