. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. 14 THE CUBA REVIEW. Scene along the road from Pinar del Rio to Vinales, in the Manganese district. their extent appears to be of considerable importance, they have not been systematically explored or actively mined. At Sabalo, south of the railroad, there are some very extensive deposits of perfectly white siliceous sand 98% pure, which have been very actively mined for the manufacture of bottles for the Havana breweries and general bottle making, and a new company has just been organized to install a complete glass factory to produce all kinds of glassw
. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. 14 THE CUBA REVIEW. Scene along the road from Pinar del Rio to Vinales, in the Manganese district. their extent appears to be of considerable importance, they have not been systematically explored or actively mined. At Sabalo, south of the railroad, there are some very extensive deposits of perfectly white siliceous sand 98% pure, which have been very actively mined for the manufacture of bottles for the Havana breweries and general bottle making, and a new company has just been organized to install a complete glass factory to produce all kinds of glassware. Just a few kilometres to the northwest, at a point known as Narajo, there are some highly interesting lead prospects which are being carefully explored by a Philadelphia concern which has already shipped, via Havana, its first 30 tons of first-class galena. From just about this point to a point 50 kilometre^ to the north, and from here in a north- easterly direction for about 7 5 kilometres there is a belt of various sedimentary rocks intruded at places by highly serpentinized rocks, often flanked by limestone formations, rich in all manner of copper indications. Many hundreds of claims have been made on this land and there is hardly a square kilometre without some prospect holes, an addit, an active or deserted camp, or, in a word, some evidence of mining activities. Of the many prospects of the zone, one has become one of the most important copper mines of the continent. "Minas de Matahambre," 14 kilometres south of the harbor of Santa Lucia, was discovered in 1913, prospected and explored in 1914, the ore located, blocked and prepared for intensive mining in 1915, until in 1916, 33 ships left Santa Lucia carrying a total cargo of 65,000 tons of excellent grade ore. "Minas de Matahambre" is a real mine today, producing over twenty million tons of copper and seventy thousand ounces of silver per year. To mention just a few of the more promising prospec
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