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Show ' Great Chilean Salt Deposits, Tho salt deposits of Chllo aro the greatest In tho world. Tho Salar Orando mine In tho province of Tara-paca, Tara-paca, nbout CO mllea south and east of Iqulque, covora an aro:i of 80,000 acres to tho depth of 2G feet. This body of salt Is nearly puro and contains con-tains moro than 14,000,000,000 tons, or enough to supply tho world's demands de-mands for many decades. There aro several other deposits In tbe Interior that coyer two or threo times the area of the above. TtQ . . . .' j |