Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-06

t,trsraiia. The reHu. De- GOA. thH
sr.friit ON coal makes 10 cos. go r.r
hundred weight. which is Goo ,Np.n.Ive
III nae. IT, place iF nk.n 10y ih. fuel
,be country. which Do il1ml manure.
.i,it is brought M ON %. backs of
ii,t.,,s In ba~s. 10 costs about On oHnis
~ too pounda. and 1900 pounds ave
,',,,irrd DO run q forty hnHH power
engine Tor twcnif-iour h1ui. DO glm-
r,nv with one 81 the maunF0rs 0f the
t-Ira won't into the Hama iu.' uit
,gbars 10000 pounds VI this stun was
s,orrd. ana not smell at au hrI and
through gravel
srtyrp MINING tS PERU
m. oliver mines NJ Peru nro almost
,s ri.it ae those uf BOLIVIA Thor Ire,
nave been told. about 1000 din.ru t
Ulcer mines lu that country, uui owe
inr 10 the low price OF silver "hh t
y9rv low are now being worked ~
Iiuairayoc. in northern f'ru' w" .I
no western rirro " the Andes more
ars four hundred silver mines within
f,rfy saunrs leagues. Some nt th
p,iuss produce He much uf 300 cum
nj suvrr To the ton. and the waHi.
dur,rn will hy0raEo. I am told. nt least
10 ounces per tom. THO ore D. mined uf
indians. who are paid about infiy 'rni1
W our money rnf uah' n'I KY
grrts They have neither picks nor
g,,,nis and they hurrow through tho
mountain like rats. taking OUT unly
no richest uurts NJ the ore. Ih.N
work almost naked, wearing uhly
brc0ch cloths about their waists. anf
na they work they utter weird ana
melancholy cries. Al of the orc IN
rIrrird out urlu their backs. An In
ilan win c - 100 pounds IT, will
climb ut ladders or notrhrd sticks Win
such ~ 'l1d " ore upon hH h1ck ana
VIII 20 IN ON "a dog trnt with hlh OUT.
den. Tho Orc iH broken ~ Into H,nhll
picccn with hammers by children W ~
then ground by circular stones h.lh Z
rolled about over % ana then mike
d with quicksilver after tho patio process
bv DRIVING mules around through lt
/ Thee IturirHYuc mines are ih1 on
which Humboldt says produced Aai.-
ono 900 worth 90 silver 10 thirty years
Much 81 the ore lH now reduced % q
I aulfhIr and taken on mules 20 th'
coast and shipped 10 Europe for inr'
/ thor treatment
THE cERRo DE rAsco MINES IN
1885.
Tho mmc sort OF work goes on at tn
] famous Csrfu de- raacu mines IN me
| Andes above Lima, and. ln FACE. 10
nearly ail of the Hllvcr regions OF 100
I iiyln and Peru. The Cerru do fisr'
mines which are now In active opera
I ton number about 800, and thcfc ar
I 22i silver mlncs being worked at Naull
| On the Oruy. railroad. about Sixty
| fniicr away. Cerro dc PnHco has Away
i been thought 10 be- the crater Of ~
I extinct volcano. n n situated nh1u
o. 80 nl0 feet above the sea. ln one 81 thl
h0ikcHt parts df tho Andes The town
] which d. now only on " about 800
people. Hes In q basin surrounded b,
' . a II
+ a. great body of lOw-gradU silver ore
! over % mile and q half long hy three
s quarters IL a milo wide. This has boot
J . worked down 90 o. depth ~ about 2F
f.Ht ana numerous tunnels have beet
, run iu it that level To- drain the mines
Tho Errat trouble " The water ans
further mining can only be done ~
lower tunnels or heavy pumps Henri
MD.HFH tho American engineer WI
constructed 80 many great works u
] Peru years HEo. began tunnel W.
fHHt below tho present levels. The Wort
was HluUp II. however. at distance 20
goo feet from tho surface, and ht pres
Ont nothing o. being done, The lupn,
/ . will Mood tn De extended from 200 =
900 feet further before ore n struck
.uuI at the present low price of Hllvr
thare a. little prospect N this being az
tHmptfu. within "a short time thcr
has been something of u rNlNhl OF IN
silver Industry ut Ccrrn DO ftH,n' uW
lnr 90 tho copper ores lying under IN
lnw-grnde silver ores, and ihe am
today Or more one ~ copper Than ~ ll
YER iu the u1rt the Ccrtp DC PaHc
mines have pruturfd enormous uuantl
Tics. UHtwcon 1880 and 1894 $500 ton
NJ purr silver were taken out of then
and the dumps 90 tho mlnoa, y me
were scientifically worked, would hrin
ID fortune. Twenty years ugo torrn d
~ HtHf
. million ounces ~ silver a year ana
I avn tod that 500 001 900 worth ~ nilv,
. WnH tniien out from under Tho gruun
, ON which the town NJ Zorro de P1hc
now stands. These mines werv dlscnN
. crad IN the seventeenth century 10y q
. Indian tie camp ! OUT one nlEhl N,
! tho slta Ccrro de paHc1 Before goln
, I d. slerr he built O. IRE upon some Hinni
ana nwoke % md that h'l stones m
, | melted end that o. lump Of silver ola
Z hll taken thoir place
AN AMERICAN SMELLING WORK
~ THE ANDES.
/ Tho blegeat Yankee enterprise hay
d | found In n mining way south OF n
% equator o. the smelling works OF u
| nnclIuH and Johnston company
Z | Caslpnlcu. Peru. This company
composed ~ Mr.. J. fackus. "a nroOl
b. lyu man, who iH "a nephew Of the Il
y nous engineer MplHTR, Mr.. J, II, JOIN
o. ft0n 0f bath, who same out here
work ON ths Mrls fs F"nVty ari -
e ~ Cuycr the owner of the Guy,
!, Springs In Idaho. who a. wei known
% o. praclcnl miner and mining engine
j iu our entCtn states, iackus ui
20 Johnston made nice thing IN csta
20 Hhus brewer, al I. MA Thoy M
q Ioued machinery f"r II from the Uni
% "a States and made money from Il
= START, They sold tho brewery son
I, years ago Co nu English syndicate 4
q 100000 Ia gold. rhcy have since be-,
/. dealing IN mines ana have put gre
I, / duni OF money into their amcltor m
h IN situated az Catpunlcn, on the orc,
!, railroad. away un in the Andes nlnet
i've miles from the sea aud 10 coo r.
a above u, The works run nlght al
"a day ana l am tOld that they smolt
o. Ur good advantage na any estnhlls
IA ment M the unltod States. The sumo
'r intendont NJ tho Hmeltcr Is MIR. Fra
lH Pierce the son OF Richard r. Pier
10 ~ the well-kuown Argo Smpltll
n, Works NJ Denver and the smoltinr
be- done after much the same plan as tb
~ OF the Argn. Ihe company nlF0 ha
o. oNtonFae silver mines al Cnsnp,i,
70 CAPT. Guycr told me that tho prbf
Z. uf the mines and works during i
past year wera more thrn 500 o.
y while the proiltu of The year broccoli
r were even greater. About 50l nm
M are employed and the company contr
NJ the town Casnpalca, which has no,
n. up about the works. Tha ameltsr 4,
is originally started ON a small scale
it I work over the dumps OF tho 1.-Two IA
M other silver mines of which there NJ,
10 10 D. 20