New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-23
THE MINES OF CUBA.
RICH DEPOSITS OF IRON AND MAN
GANESE.
From The London Globe.


The general wealth of this island is well k r
but the fact that Cuba Is mineral c0uIy u The
two principal exploited at Cuba are mos o,
iron and manganese 10 which may oe ,so he re-
called that in times gone by the island was famed
for is sOd deP9s Lef g' four nun
bred thousand tons The pr9duct OF ms ny
Blast furnaces Of Pennsylvania and MARYLAND, and
Il constitutes three quarters of the aggTegatG r To-
received by the latter nearly all comes from
Spain Algeria participates IN It TO se dnr TN The
S last few years in that colony mart o, the island
around Santiago and to the east and north OF ina,
town. that the chief iron mines are found. lney
Ts w0PkGd nH last nm
forms a wall running east and west pet"oeGh 'Tho
m es1 nna in rank are the Of Jgragu
situated seventeen miles TO the easI"anu W These
mines belong to all American company. ana Pro 1S9i
duced as much as $4,000 tons IN ~ n 4ss !" InfT
1880 their output increased very quickly ana no col
were raj 2H5 FP SenE at first oc
casioned by the fall in the price Of iron orc IN s
S,sturbances have also contributed TO certain ex
tent 10 the maintenance Of low prices ne Ety. , h.
nnY 70 Oh an American companythe Spanish amer
lean Iron Companyare like the former s., , nv
~ Inc eastward OF Santiago and are connec'en wv
railway TO the port OF Baiquir Finally the Sleua
Iron Company. American as the 3thcrs' r wnS o.
stituted in ls9o In order 10 work the mus n, -
Arroyo Ell Plate These too are tom to mt the e coa
Santiago at distance o, I'VE ms i1V, ucS aten.
ton is claimed in fact 15as IL & w}3h which
hos stempted 10 compete. but for some years no"
this Industry has been pafalyzed 10y the W r
are in the proximity Of Santiago and especially 10
the rorthward Of the town ana ,oyg The
most Important deposits those OF the PoHupo orp
have special gn@Ts. i nnafs near s the
Crso that an AmfTGand G thni in isg about
had been
mine. Then come the group Margncri'a ,Mino
Pabea miles distant from CTslo hafween
San Jose ana Gloria tho group Magdalena ne@ az
the ssua Iron COMPANY fppm Ti'f par cen Th
a. fbree Of iron, a little baryta aunina. very
little phosphorus and rather large proporGSm 81
each OF which may contain some hundred to nj
o olSn S NV 'handpicking or washing.
The first company founded for me sXpIoidatt On
mndor the name OF tho Empire manganese tom-
pany and IN s sent 800 tons TO IL to
The United States. especially TO the Sarn"eI 90 ~
pany; these exports vary between iH% go St r. Inc
sierra Maestro forming the metalhterous SHa!n OF
tho island between ne iow ra U conn@ctne san
,iaro 70 Cristo They formed Of chalcopyIitess
IN age At the surface the ores
are as usual oxidaed and contain oxide car
We have said that besides !Ion ard anF gan, ia
few beds OF copper are worked IN ChDa he nrcs
IN pa ,hera are only a few works. and these are
a. San Pedro and NJ Caney We have also spomv.'
ahou GOLD fo- which Cuba was once Ica!y Kan CUE
A. mo hrginnng Of the sixteenth century I'le'
Martin who died in 1850 mentioned Cuna , az
dtn,ng YEARLY from 10000 10 5000 IN S"ld. 'hsS'
nd aIso Terreia confirmed the veracy or the Ia
and raised the gold Of cuba for us grea mar
o ahu,ty etc So far as is permitted 70 Judge
rom very incomplete information. this go!d mus
have been Ike copper. and perhaps also ron aid
,nanganeee found among the haslc rochs a'iu
rrenn and serpentine stone which are irequetnuEy
net with in many parts OF the globe ana wn'ci
me usually abundant in metals. To-Day on4y a
little gold is washed IN Cuba, and that Is IN inc
aluv!ons OF Holgun.