FROM THE RIO UNTO

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 290, 28 February 1928, Page 9

FROM THE RIO UNTO

BRITISH OFFICIAL ARRIVES FAMOUS SPANISH MINE It was from the blood-red mouth of the Rio Tinto —hence its name—that Columbus set out on his famous trip to America. It is from the mine of the same name, which is responsible for so picturesquely tinting the Rio Tinto, that Mr. T. Robbins comes. The Rio Tinto mine, as a matter of fact, as Mr. Robbins explained, is one. of the most famous mines in th-> world. It has been worked for more than 2,000 years it was known to the Carthaginians and worked by the Romans and still yields more than 1.000.000 tons yeari' of iron pyrites containing copper ore and sulphur. The neighbouring village is populated by some 10.000 miners, all of whom depend c*n the wealth of the Rio Tinto, which, for the last half century, has been worked by a British company, for their livelihood. Incidentally, Mr. Robbins has a very high opinion of the Spanish miner. “He is sober, thrifty, and industrious. In fact, he is an excellent workman.” he said, “and the Spanish miners and the British company get along very well together. ’