The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-03

Union letters and Telegram S, of inquiry
are coming. and Captain: Hatfield, who
. owns the great sailing ship that is to make
The tripto.the beautiful port of Mollendo,
.SdyA there. is. row. little doubt that the
= undertaking Will be a reality: within few
!, weeks r.. :.
=: THE CALIto:day prints oopious excerpts
:. from Trustworthy Officialdata on the ques:
ton of the mineral wealth Of Peru: "A
corps of United States Com missioners
made m aryelously strong report as 10
Perus' s M in era! wealt in: 1885. Engineers
from: England and elsewhere have often
corroborated these. reports as to the great
wealth of the mineral deposits. in the
streams tributary to the great Am azon.,
is. to these streams in Peru and Bolivia
:, that.the. modern gold hunters propose to.
go: .5 $. ~. ...-: =.
. The CITY was astir yesterday with. hum
dreds of adventurous spirits who have
!: been attracted to the goldfields Of Peru
and who. will :do-eYerything n-their power
to.1n Ike the voyage ito. :he South. Amerl-.
can coast when: the British ship. Lancing
goes s. ~. :
!. Speaking.of the matter Captain Hatfield
said ::"I do not thin k>tnere IS any doubt
.fhatthe:tr to Mollendo viii. be made by
the: Lanein So far as / am: concerned it
is com mercial: proposition entirely, Tor
my ship. is very. large one SO large that:
nobody ever gets seasick: on. her, and we
i wifi not g6:iiito such a. trip. for Jun. But
!. as I%*said.. there is. great interest in the:
mines and i am getting letters and tele--
grams from all .ovefthe. country. "A man
was lii here to. day. with his. Wife and they
=.offered.to pit: up S 1000 to make the voyage
and toward the ex penses Of 'the.trip.
r.. 'fBet1ne say: that the trip is the tiDestin
1.the world, for the good ships rell< all. the
way in fine trade= winds beneath the most
:. lovely skies. 1t makes no.dlfference what
time: of>rke yeac the. trfpis made it Is as
beaItl fnl:as@a dream. The cotintrY itsel.f
is ute FULL of resources and tits one OF
the most. healthfuE parts OF the globe.
That here fs:bnt9 fd<wealth there. is we'll
know d to allthe world. lit has BEEN: in
I yestigateds> by mining e nelneers ard :ex-
pert and the univefsa al osinieh IS that it:
! has hardly be gun. to be reYeRled how gfeat
: the mineral wealth OF thal:epuntry: Isl.
.Consul. H uies says he is. inYesti eating
the: question Of the late discoveries, in
Peru, aiI1 will. soon have: official reports
from the Peruvian: Minlster=a Wasting
tom. He says the. route to The mines is
usually by way of: Cuze6,. the old. Inca
capital. = The port OF landing. is usually
Mollendo. The parties: then, usually go
. by way of AreqQipa, and N arch oyer the
mountains by. way of Lake Tiiicaca.
Many of the richest mines: are along the
Madre de Dios. River in Bolivia. The
Consul knows. little about the recent dis
coveries, but. he has been told by trust
worthy people that the. Hardison party
that recently. went from this, City has
done very wei.ih she mines of the Ineas.
-. Herrim n. IL Mills, the shipping agents,
were busy all. day. yesterday answering
questions concerning The: mines OF Peru
and the probabilities of the voyage. The
inquirers were usually turned over to
Captain Hatfield, who personally meets
nearly all those making the inquiry. He
told all that the chances were that the
trip would be made in few weeks and
that the Ship would be the rellying point
for. all: miners: during the earlier months
OF the exploration. 1t is believed that it
will be- found advisable: for the ship to !
make a long stay at Mollendo. g..
Peter .Baeiga1npi said yesterday: 1.-THE
masses Of people: are dense1 ignorant oil
the land>of the Inoas. but. the truth: is: it
is a rich. country, and this ought to be-
known. by ALL for it, has been: historic
knowledge Since. the time of :Pizarro.. The. /
Incas:. ran ont the. eborigihes 400 years DE:
fore: their conquest by :Piizarro.:. History
tells. US that RizaTro and his buccaneers
found Magnificent Inca tenn pie at quzco, !
which: Hes. along: the route TO the mines
to-day. That temple was described by
Pizarto: as a mfne-of FURNISHED gold.''': .. !
- The spaniarda heard of this. El*Dorado 4
in 1871, when B .tlboa aFas:teld that the !
country of the .1pcas was a land where i
gold. was as:plentifui as iron ii. Spain. |
Along all the Inca s.they found evil /
dences OF great: wealth. Experts who
have gone to the same country in the past
ten years, some Of them for the: Govern
1nent OF the: United States, have cor.
federated the early re ports. ~: