Mining in the Sky -- Clouds crown the top of Cerro Bolivar (Bolivar's Hill), deep in the Orinoco jungle area of Venezuela, where shipments recently started from what is claimed to be the world's largest iron ore deposit. The rich ore, most of it destined for U.S. steel plants, is hauled down the winding roadways from the top of the 1,800-foot-high mine site to the loading platform and waiting rail ore cars shipment to Puerto Ordaz, on the Orinoco River. The river has been deepened over the 154 miles to the Atlantic for a fleet of ore ships.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1954]

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