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...Itabira is the name popularly given to Caué, and for two centuries its wealth has been a legend. Early colonists melted its ore into blunderbusses, horseshoes and crude plowshares. International bankers gambled with the concession during the early 1900s. But it was World War II that set shovels biting into Itabira's crown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Magic Mountain | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

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