Ngardmau;Palau

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Deep cut to show soil and regolith from the Almonguii agglomerates along the old right-of-way for the ore railroad leading to the washing mill. This cut is evidently a little poor for mining, though soil is gravelly with concretions. The caves or bunkers were evidently dug by the Japanese expecting invasion. The small cars, now wrecked and partly burned, hauled about a ton of ore apiece."

Abandoned bunkers near an ore railroad leading to a washing mill. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Nearer view of the cut in I45 to show the caves or bunkers more clearly."

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Part of the hillside strip mine for bauxite ore, once operated by the Japanese, near Ngardmau. The strip mining was carried out stepwise on the slope and the ore hauled in little cars on a narrow-gauge railroad to the washing mill. The soil, which is the main source of ore, is lateritic and contains numerous bauxite gravels."

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Adeiddo River valley and adjacent uplands near the village of Ngardmau. The red soils in the foreground and distance are upland, whereas the dark ones in middle distance are the poorly drained soils of the floodplain proper. Some in forest and some in crops."

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Forest cover on the hilly uplands of red gravelly lateritic soils east of the village of Ngardmau and the bauxite mines, with the red gash in low hillside an excavated spot."

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Hilly landscape of red Latosols from agglomerate, now burned over, with a number of pits and trenches dug by the Japanese for defense of Ngardmau and the bauxite mines. The trees in foreground are in the floodplain of the Addeido River."

View from top of an abandoned Japanese washing plant, with a stockpile of washed bauxite ore near Ngardmau. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Another view from the top of the old washing mill to show part of the stockpile and the tailings out into the river floodplain where the trees have been killed, the towers on which the cable tramways were supported, and the ocean in the distance."

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Stockpile of washed bauxite ore and part of the ruins of the washing plant built by the Japanese near Ngardmau, west-central Babelthuap. Immediately beyond the ruins are the floodplain of the Adeiddo River, the cuts to show the deep regolith over the Almonguii agglomerate (where the Japanese had a narrow-gauge railroad), and the village of Ngardmau. In the distance is a partly cleared and terraced hillside."