Word: pilbara
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Dates: during 1971-1971
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...Northern Territory. But the center of the expansion lies in Western Australia, which occupies 1,000,000 sq. mi. and has about as many residents. At Kalgoorlie, where Herbert Hoover once managed a gold mine, vast nickel strikes have revived long-dormant ghost towns. In the desolate Pilbara region, two railroads, two ports and two brand-new towns have sprung up in the past four years, and more than 20,000 people have flocked in. The lure: some of the largest and richest iron-ore deposits in the world, estimated to total as much as 15 billion tons...
...three years studded with visits to Japan, the U.S., Britain and elsewhere. Court set in motion a series of enormous deals that have already resulted in the investment of more than $1 billion in the Pilbara. The $336 million Mount Newman Mining Co. (30% of which is owned by American Metal Climax) is systematically leveling Mount Whaleback, an immense lode that rises 750 ft., stretches three miles and is said to be rich in ore for at least 1,000 ft. below the earth's surface. In the next 15 years, it will deliver 300 million tons of iron...
Typical of the Pilbara's new mining towns is Mount Newman at the foot of Mount Whaleback. Its 2,700 people represent no fewer than 43 nationalities, including one Icelander. Every dwelling is air conditioned, since the temperature runs over 100° F. for two solid months during the summer, and the amenities also include three swimming pools, four tennis courts and a golf course with gravel fairways and sandy greens. The miners are well paid, but the labor turnover nonetheless is 100% a year. The reasons are not hard to find; most ironworkers are after a quick stake...
...Pilbara supplied a quarter of Japan's needs of 82 million tons of iron ore. By 1975, Japan will be using 175 million tons, and Western Australia will be providing 70 million. Some Australians have grumbled that the Pilbara will simply become "a quarry for Japan." The best answer is provided by Charles Court, who set the great iron ball rolling in the Pilbara seven years ago: "A quarry has no soul, no permanence. Next we have to develop industries in the north. I think the great task for Australia is to develop new northern cities, and not simply...