Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Mineral Wealth of Brazil
The principal mining state is Minas Gerais, which was named as such in the past due to its mineral wealth, and which today contributes to about 5070 of the total output. Her principal mineral is gold while of decreasing impor tance are the precious and semi-precious stones, manganese iron ore and lime stone. Following Minas Gerais is the state of' Sao Paulo with 1370 of the total output, the principal product being limestone. Rio Grande do Sul with her coal production and other minor minerals accounted for 1270 while Estado do Rio, the fourth most important, had an output based largely on limestone which represented 8% of the total. It is to be noted that with the exception of Rio Grande do 5111, the remaining three states form a compact group in the Southeastern section of Brazil accounting for 71% of the total mineral output oft the country.
As a point of interest, however, it may be pointed out that the output of iron, steel and cement alone equal more than one-half of the total mineral production of the country.
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