Assertion: region's area | /r/CapableOf | become pivotal
Facets:
value: to the state's economy
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Mining in the area started in 1937 in Wittenoom Gorge, and following the discovery of iron ore in the Hamersley Ranges in the 1960s, the area became pivotal to the state's economy, and towns built to accommodate mining and allied services boomed.