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HUMBOLDT'S CUBA. 



and more tlian one liundred mines have been enter- 

 ed, in accordance with the law, at the Treasury de- 

 partment, though but few of them are worked at 

 present. The ores of those near St. Jago de Cuba 

 have yielded at one time seventy-five per cent, of 

 copper. 



Iron has been found in several places, among 

 which are JSTueva Filipina, Bahia Honda, Jaruco, 

 Villa Clara, Santi Espiritu, Holguin, St. Jago de 

 Cuba, and Baracoa. An analysis of a vein near St. 

 Jago de Cuba yielded twenty -six per cent, of metal. 



Plumbago is found in combination with iron, near 

 St. Jago de Cuba. 



Copperas is also found in the same vicinity. 



Antimony r , with Lead, is said to exist near Hol- 

 guin. 



Talc and Amianthus exist in the vicinity of Trini- 

 dad, Holguin, and Santi Espiritu. 



Ochre is found at Manzanillo, St. Jago de Cuba, 

 Santa Maria del Rosario, and Guanabacoa. 



Chrome. — Deposits of this pigment have been 

 worked near Holguin. 



Chalk exists at Manzanillo, and near Moron. 



Grindstone and Whetstone, in great varieties, are 

 found at Nueva Filipina, and in many places in the 

 eastern part of the island. 



Coal has been often sought, but hitherto without 



