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THE CUBA REVIEW 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



The bridge over the Mayari river, constructed by the United Fruit Company last 

 season, has recently undergone extensive repairs demanded by the Cuban Government, 

 including the lengthening of draws sufficiently to permit the passage of certain Go\ernment 

 mail boats, and the 500 foot bridge is now used for cane traffic originating in the newly 

 acquired holdings of this company from the Dumois interests and located on the eastern 

 border of Xipe Bay. 



COPPER MINING DEVELOPMENTS IN CUBA 



Owing to the apparent extensive undeveloped mineral rei^ources of Cuba, minirg experts 

 have been induced to come to Cuba in the recent past, and the rei-ult cf their investigations and 

 reports have been no favorable that it i:! not the least exaggeration to say that a small mining 

 boom is on the way, which may assume large and imp nrtant proportions before long. The easy 

 old Spanish methods by which mining clairrs in Cuba are denounced, giving anyone the right 

 to stake a claim wherever he believes there may be a mineral deposit even though it chances to 

 be on the property of another person, has resulted in an immense number of claims being estab- 

 lished all over the island, and almost everybody one meets nowadays has an interest in a mine or 

 a claim. The majority of these, of course, will never amount to anythmg, but among a few of 

 the more prominent are the copper mines now under development at Fomento, Santa Clara pro- 

 vince, and near Bayamo in Oriente province. The former is a Cuban organization known as 

 the Compania Minera y de Fomento with offices in the Lonja building, and was recently organ- 

 ised to develop properties near Fomento in Santa Clara province. The President of the com- 

 pany is Mr. W. W. Lawton, and the majority stockholders are prominent Cubans. The hold- 

 ings of this company are said to be the m.ost rich in copper and zinc ore yet found in Cuba, 

 which were originally discovered and opened up by Mr. "\\'m. C. Watkins, an .American, who 

 had to find financial support to develop his claims in Cuba. So far the two best workings of the 

 five mines under way on this property are th'fe Los Cerros and Josephine mines which are 

 yielding 8% copper and 30% zinc at the present time. 



Another copper m.ining development which is attracting considerable attention at this 

 tim.e in Cuba is the 'Serafina' mines of the Compania Mineral Del-Datil, located near Bayamo 

 in Oriente province, but no official report as to the percentage of ore has as yet been made 

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