Bethlehem Steel owns 20,000 acres of ore bearing land near El Florero, Venezuela; Iron ore is mined at El Pao and transported 270 mi to Puerto de Hierro, from where it is shipped to plant at Sparrows Point, Md; deposit is mined in 13-m high benches with cat mounted churn drills; crushers, conveyors; power shovels, railroad equipment, barges, ore bridge and other facilities installed. (see also Min Eng v 3 n 5 May 1951 p 410-11; Iron and Steel Engr v 28 n 4 Apr 1951 p 124-8; Steel v 128 n 26 June 25 1951 p 126, 128, 131; Blast Furnace and Steel Plant v 39 n 6 June 1951 p 679-83, 687)
Ore from Orinoco
Min World
Mining World ; 13 , n 6
1951
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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