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for their steel in the united states but they must go abroad for much ol of their amut a CO cornea georgia ga russia georgia on not the be united states commonwealth but the soviet I 1 ile ilc which Is federated with ith russia lies beel alms the southern slope elopes of 0 it alie giant caucasus mountains amut in which cut it off from russia a like the pyrenees Pyre nees cut off spain from I 1 ranee are oil Is he georgia ge e chief mineral mine to I 1 resource and man ina nanee anese Is second ad oil at baku or on the laspi caspi in spa sea did much to build the T railroad from baku to bat in on the black a sea writ bach in the el eighties hilr but mang manganese annize found us use for far g it first A few miles west of tiflis which 1 IB tile the capital ot of georgia a narrow gauge gangs branch blonell rall railroad rall saw now adula w ands through the it deep cut of the river its terminal 25 miles it frill irom alie main line is Tellia turl which aih is 11 about miles milca from tile the par porta b of batum lumn or poll hound bound ab about ut are next at to the signed known rich deposits of thi rare are earth called manganese ore although title this relon region Is supposed opposed to ba halt t aw tons li aw alting malling the pick B 1 to said to bae a mountain of fit it but this im particular culm brazilian de posit P it is so far intend inland that its asp lotta uon 1 Is impracticable at present before bram scientists te disco discovered red that man ginese would facilitate fielli ate the process of making looking steel and rd before they found that a cortlin cert aln P per mm cent made steel wonderfully bar hard d the a monn mann tain min district w R is inhabited I 1 bated by a few scattered herders gerders in prope prosperous ons it times a ahari no am work ark the hills hill A herder of sheep knows little about mining so at first italian min miners were imported is oll the strata but the mining films 1 is aas easy and comparatively safe so EO I 1 the is georgians georgian soon caught on and arajo now the great majority rity of workmen borkman a are at a es brought th theater star rod and hot bath batha bat before re t the be IN a to much was done I 1 to a main maintain I 1 sin good go ad living c midi condi lum lions f for tile the colum minces homes war built for them hean together with an distl fotion for hot baths so BO dear to tile hie geo georgian ian heart Electr kity came into the mountains tor far the mines and the milagos M course era een brought a theater to IN ft lien is the breach branch railroad reached the deposits there was great rejoicing because previously all or ore had bad to be taken com perilous rum mountain paths path 25 miles mile to the main line I 1 seldom beldom more than a I 1 ton n could be carried b bullock curt cart at one time the old russian goern tont built the branch line but bat freight charges were so a high it Is set bald it that they paid the reli ralli limul oads a cost in firl to two a helm india P passes georgia tolmie up cp to the time of tile world war or led tile the world orld in production of manganese except mp t tor r the periods R of depress depression fil in u I 1 7 and d IM 1908 then the its rival rhal india to toed ed it closing clig of tile the in 1014 practically sealed ruled the georgian mines the unit united d states haa is airm alania 1 im P ported acted manganese man inan ginese lo heavily fly from brazil where tile ames mmes are to in minna aco geraca abc about BOO mites I 1 northwest 11 from 11 illo de a a iab laring during the nar america developed lier her own manganese resources and it Is uffing mg them today to some smile e tent it T the he principal steel producing countr leg hae in the past each drawn draw their chief manganese supplies from a it different its cut source germany from georgia georga bosland pos land from india whom where it I 1 Is found 1 in the presidency of maame and ad in central india and ad the united states time aiom brazil montana tile the blue ridge mountains of virginia arkansas Arkan colo laud ando 0 an and y our or own A state late ot of ore are the he within wiehl tile the united states state many radio fans also rely on man ar gance grades of ore coming chiefly fr from mont are am imp important nant 0 constituents of the dl daiy diy y cell or gry dry battery |