The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-22

pressing, anu MS enJoS meht VI wv easy 'o'
pitality Of every one with whom he comes IN
contact equally encouraging ana cohsoins.
1t is a fine old city of about $4,000
inhabitants. with vide. shefe-emho"~
cred streets. handsome private r"sldehces' gen
orally overgrown with flowers and vines anu
encircled by the inevitable huge tropical YER
anda or jallousie, excellent CLUBS ana hotels'
large banks. enterpriSing merchants. ana
regular lines OF steamers to both the Inited
States and Europe.
Now for the country. Inc god commission
ers have divided the entire country ih.o nse
districts, but the general reader VIII oe aui'e
content with a DESCRIPTION OF inc hor'herh
and southern halves. SO we Will nrst take
the weekly steamer from GEORGETOWN ana pro-
coed by sea northeriy 10 the mouth o' 'he
Waini River, thence through d natural enhai
to the beautiful Barima. and up thas stream
to Mount ENeraEd. the head Oh ieep hAN+ss
ton. where we can rest over hisht az an
English hotel. and enjoy the last mouthiui Oh
Ice water We shall have untli our return -.
In the morning we Will take II lght-orauSh'
~crewboa up 10 horlaoo' tortS miles, Nhefe
we can rest all night AT tho cotohiai on'ceF'
quarters and oarracks' ana Experience of
first tumble out OF n hammock oe!ore MORN
ing. when we Will get INTO n canoe pacoieo oS
Indians and negroes. ana ieisureiy "ork our
way up streAui, getting our nrst experience
OF night camping on the river oahk, anu nnai-
~ reaching Arakaka Landing "hich Is ABOUT
seventy miles above MOUNT FNerhru' ihore
is afairly comfortable hotel AT ArakaKa' "here
board caa be had for $3.50 per day.
We are now at the northern most END OF the
main range and sub-ranges which sweep hence
southerly and are finally iost IN Brazil. Inc
geological formation and combination OF the
Guianan ranGes-all OF which when INTEL
ligently 'prospected" prove auriferous-com-
oletely puzzle the experienced miner VINO ID
acquainted only with the country horth o I the
Isthmus OF Panama. IL is SiRhihcaht that the
first remark made bS miners coming ihto TINS
country, The formations are Ill upside ao"n'
is the same ihv"luntry CRITICISM maue ps 'he
original prospectors In the lrahs'aai.
Externally ! have never examined IN any
country SUCH rich outcroppihEs anu ireauen'
uprises or auriteroue mineral frequently Win
neither foot nor hanging wall JUST Simply
standing up in clay. In this Barima country.
rs 1t is called. tho elevations are all low.
could get II" exact data from inc .oiohia' OH
Ger at Arakaka, but Judge the average Is
scarcely 100 feet above the sea. rms certain
ly Is not encouraging lor deep "ork'hg' out On
the other hand the country Is a perfect net
work or auriferous nils, All OF winch are easily
worked owing t"the absence OF any ugly canohs
or gulches' Inc ore IS inVariaoiy Tree mining.
! examined many diner"ht properties ana
developments, ana though there are occasional
thin veins that run almost bonanza ! am con.
WINGED that tho future average recovery OF
gold In tho barima aistrict VIII run ABOUT one
ounce per ton. WIN an abundance OF Ireo
milling ore TINS should DO a goo" enough pront.
A number OF companies are getting mn
plants In shape out the only one IN steady
operation to-day Is that OF the barima uoid
Mining COMPANY a strictly colonial enter
prise. They have as complete a twenty-stamp
OUTFIT as have seen in our own country. ana
fortunately an American engiheer at the head