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THE CUBA REVIEW 



denial in the Cuban issue will automatically extend its scope to all the Latin-American countries, 

 in so far as subsequent legislation or decisions have not superseded this ancient regulation 

 and interpretation. 



NEW COPPER DEPOSIT FOUND 



Dr. Narciso Alfredo Portas y Rojas, iNIayor 

 of Pinar del Rio, has laid claim to new copper 

 lodes in that province. Dr. Portas is now 

 the largest possessor of mineral lands in that 

 section. 



According to Cuban mining laws, the owner 

 of the land has no claim to his property be- 

 yond the top soil. If valuable mineral is 

 discovered on his land by an outsider, the 

 latter immediately claims it, draws a line 

 around the section, and then waits for the 

 former to buy liim out, which he is forced to 

 do to retain his own rights. 



DECREASE IN IRON EXPORTS 



There was a decrease in the iron ore ex- 

 ports from Cuba during 1913. This was 

 due to the slackening of the demand from 

 the United States, where all the iron ore 

 mined on the island is sent. Iron, as usual, 

 was by far the most important mineral pro- 

 duct. The total exportation for the year 

 was 987,654 tons. Copper ore showed a 

 slight increase. The output of the year was 

 74,000 tons. A small amount of gold ore was 

 exported, its value totaling something over 

 $200,000. This gold came from the mines 

 at Holguin. 



Inclined railway for the removal of iron ore to the 



coast from the mines of the Spanish-American 



Company at Daiquiri. 



An unusually interesting article, showing 

 the rapidity with which extensive iron ore 

 properties in the island are being developed, 

 was printed in the April issue. 



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 y con 

 bombillas 

 MAZDA 



Pidanse catalogos "OR" y precios al Representante 

 general para la Isla 



SR. L. A. BUCHACA, AGUIAR 92, HABANA 



ALABAMA COAL TO CUBA 



A coal operator of Birmingham, Ala., has 

 closed a contract with several customers in 

 Cuba for Alabama coal. It is stated that 

 the coal is for ex-perimental purposes, and 

 that if the tests come out as are expected an 

 order will follow for more than 100,000 tons. 



