The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-02

ore, Id coming up with various fre,ghts or empty
packs agged along like ants busy with the discovery
oil supply for their winter store; and the carts
down the Tongoy road seemed TO have no more mo-
ton thu nshing boats when the wind aud tide are Still
The Willie mountain Is honey-comoed with shaits ana
ga ler7 and It's exterior covered with heaps OF plns
ores tooor for tansp ration In some OF these pnee
hu1 eds Of thousands OF dollars bat at present
too extnsiye to work such low class OF orea
aud thts are left for future operations, when
the rail- opsned The mountain is 420o feet high
FIVE nred feet below the summit on the eas.srn
the lods unnlng north and south and dipping TO the
west at b ange Of nftytwo degrees, with an averaQ
twenty De feet thick and contains fifty cent Of pure
copper. trhe hill is dlvaed among various ndivduals
who are binng with different results according 10 the
extent oAheir machinery and manner Of working
The prtcipa mine called "El Pique," and belongs
TO Mr. Uineneta who lives In Santiago. description
Of this on will suffice for all In general and Will give an
approximate idea Of how our copper is obtained AFTER
rambling bout the vicinity Of the mines couple OF
days put myself in the hands Of the manager, Mr.
Charles eten. Of Providence, l. and went down INTO
the bowel OF the earth Before starting we srrayed
ourselves h miners costume, dress that would create
a sensatn in Broadway and were provided with
well aef lamps swinging on the ends Q. RODS ABOUT
parapet rdned by sAcing down part Of the steep h
SIDE and which are the residence or the manager ana
the machibsry and shops Of the estaosnment En.er-
ing a turbei about feet high and extending into
the heart d the mountain, we soon came TO large
arched chamber in which are the boilers and engines fos
hosting or Following tho tunnel three hundred and
atty yards we came TO the SHAFT and descended BY
means Of tddcrs down through the various galleries. o.
levels at t extremity Of which miners were a. wors
unit reAched the bottom Of the mne over one thou
sand feet pdpend culariy under ground Here we avs
elled through various long passages IN some Of wnich
was cool owing the excellent arrangements
for ventilation, and most Of the passages
of ''s u. shsts but not 10 quantities. sufcien. %
interfere with tho work. II hoped that more water
would have ben discovered. ~ Il would provo WANNA
BILE auxiliary 10 reducing the ores As we passed along
the chambers We and boys stripped 70 bFeech
cloth. carrying rawhide bags Of ORES 70 the hosing
shafts and occasionally the dull report Of blast would
rumble through the mines ike distant heavy thunder.
In PLACED the ores were 50 rich that they gsteued
in the light ohs amp ana S sssd realize n the ,ss
hours were spent in the minc, although We did NOT 60
through etrd Of the passagesthere being over ton
order The ASCENT wqs very iresomo, the logs nclnisg
to gve aftet climbing two or three hundred fee OF
iaers Generally visitors 10 the mine are famed for
few days and 10 SONS instances individuals bavs bssn
laid up for week. suffering acute PAIN IN me muscles
Of the thighs The ores upon being osOsgns % inc
and passed 0rou0h powerful orusheTs that re-
duce them TO fne PARTICLES IN this shape they
or s r.w Ssnss :. foreign and ss e
carts and ON PACK mnlcs 70 the coast for shipment
abroad Very few Of s %nes m, sS.r o1 ns
to the smelling Sugnacos ~ the smaya mines
the poorer and the refuse after washing ne metals
are all saved 70 b smeltsd whom the railroad 10 opened
and coal be brought to the spot a. reasonable e.
pensa
ramAya in 1885, whom he took sp Two claims on ne
copper iodea other parties a6 working In the
hin !. .n.. time and ,, With tSnsssa: -s,sn
menced sinking SHAFT back OF thsOsher mnsrR ~ the
ledo dips 4 angle Of aytwo se,rss. his psrpenco.
competitors thus cutting them on from fsrthsr psogre0
and giving him CONTROL Of the whole mIue beyond csr
and took ten years IN ~ accompaniment, s1hauiins
Mr. Urmeneta fortune Of several hundred thousand DOL
lars, and heavily involving him N debA AZ soon . no
~ mt
immense quantities Of very rch ore, and since that
period hm NINE has annuslly Furnished abos 1900
e built cart road up 70 the mine o 40 expense q
geo, 600, and erected steam envuos wo,kanops ana
Sosd 70 b. Obtained Nov tSero Sssy issis ,swn,
every Oosvsnenes for comfortable livns ma nagpi.
- .l o. ' aso ssv. Ss snsy
deser between ths coFss and TsmsyA climbed
over which the pondsrous maOnnsEy and Oder pSss
phesnaiia Of mining have been BornA The enterprise
MAKING n but he's b me houses .s his
and assistants In which arc und eSesaoS Furniture and
almost every modern improvement Flowers bosom
unexpectedly ands At it, ensrans1 delightful abiding
placs-an oasis In . desert
NEW ruNNHS
Three new tunnel. are being run into the southern
base Of the moonta the second one ss hundred feet
higher up These tar below the present entrance 10
the mine and when complete win esabs Ms 70 Do
hnndrods OF fes Tho opening now 10 npa One tnnns
will be milo and tho other min and half in length,
Ts nrinolpsi 10 BE- derived from tsse .usns
are that they will only faciate the taking Qua OF
copper !ods sbovs iAen, bu sssy VII form nav
further 10 The copper With the thss fhe higher
portions q tho os worked from the rss upper level
sp''s- sDvsxsscss IRsrso y.ox nm sAnaoAn
The rshrosd now rapidly approaching eomllstion win
ei.ss q or.s o. when iss are now millions
OF dollars worth, hsaped upoe ne SIDE - the
TIE riches 70 b. taken out from this ine hereafter
can scarcely BE- computed 10 must 3? rememered
s Ssn n' Averages sven sss s ana
twenty-five per censof pure copper bus tsa. = rests
like steep roof no ono can Tell 70 what depthYt may
extend Most OF The principal men oonneoesd with tbe
working OF thin mine Amsricaaa Mr. Green has been
engaged thirteen years in developing u and - manager
engineer q : young Balaimorsnn, Nm J. a. Hsisss, spd
Mr. s. Fulton, another Baitmorean has charge Of The
three tunnels being run In It the southern sds o. NE
hill
The Gan Joes mine, adtOniAg ts ons, and Dext 70 u
iron ioosay 10 ne Miss otsssoess ossaeI. ssvsr
Ssloss :ssass;'aIy .:s = .!sssa .SpP, *.
Mount Gems roaA n E1rcpS The gsss On
th. rosd y svs per esnt Or nearly 800 ss 70 ne mile
along mountain gde In paacss seeD that the work
60 outsds the sxcevatson they - working,
and Immense Baasss Of overhsngfhg rock are -
DO removed wthous ssdangering mining ssssblshmsns
above The engineer, Mr. Barry, has ahasady achieved
reputation In soatb Ansrca and whom shis line OPEN
ed IL IL works - 10 now Sbn0tenty expected, he VIII
stand among the bo1dsss pioneers ~ railroad engineer
Ing From the tabss land below Tnmaya brasch road
viii - run up through Me Lmari valley 70 0vae, and
probably few years. 10 rieh mines recently discoverSd
some distance further In the nsrier There afs han
dreds Of mines yea 70 b. opened IN Chile which ere ~
present zoo remote for ppp0tabts vorkinG ga tas
COR. "a ExrUwTATI0ns OF cnyLn AMI npsxvn
Ts following statistics show the amOune q copper
exported from Chile and Bolivia for the eDdng
Juno 90 l80o TINS mcunt much lsa than bha1 II pro-
vious years. owing to The Spanish dicuss watch have
sadly ntsrfered wkh al branches u busfneD % the
coast Copper explorations 40 now however, on tbs
ncssass promise TO soon exceed that Of ssa,ns BE-
fora considerable amount o. new mining machinery
tho opening u numerous edditonal miDss p only
question Of time there little doubt that In few years
the supply Of per from South America will BE-
than doubled Railroads needed 70 promote III. end
ana number Of lines under contemplation. II
some parts Of Chile and Bolivia copper n found
sembng that OF the LAke superior minse and In other
olscss m n like 0uA The ln1tHr colad