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Show Iron From Cuba. Along the north shore of Cuba, near the sea at its eastern end, in three areas which formerly appeared to be simply expanses of barren ferruginous soil, recent exploration und test have shown that there exist deposits of a very pure iron ore, amounting to 2,000,-OOO.ooO 2,000,-OOO.ooO or 3,000.000.000 tons. When deprived de-prived of the large percentage of writer wri-ter which it contains, this ore will yield from 40 to 45 per cer.t of iron. Ore from this source has alieudy been exported to the United Stat s. |