GUYANA'S BAUXITE; 100 YEARS OF OPERATION – Kaieteur News
Oct 14, 2016· This mine had contained large tonnage of bauxite and had a shallow overburden, making it comparatively easy to mine the ore there. In other mining areas ore was located at depth 50 to 100 ft. and some cases up to 200 feet below surface soil. There was a slump in the Bauxite Industry between 1930 and 1936 and causes some hardship.