The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-08

harvest, almost at the same time. The
population of Peru consists of nearly
three million souls, OF which three
fifihs are Indians. These Indians are
the common laborers in the mines, and
they are very faithful, and in a short
time become great experts in their
WCr,-.
Labor is cheap, and more particularly
so in mining work. A common laborer
earns, for 10 hours work. from 15c TO
i5c, gold, according TO the kind of work
he Goes.
The chief means of Transportation is
the donkey or llama, and the roads are
bad.
Peru is marvelously rich in minerals.
the speaker claimed The coast is rich
in petroleum, silver. gold. copper. coal,
sulphur, salt, nitrate. lime carbonate
ara gypsum), magnesia, alum and
borax. The sierra is undoubtedly the
region OF greatest wealth in minerals
and precious metals, for there are
found in the greatest abundance, and
OF large range, silver, gold. copper,
lead, COBALT, CHINA bar, antimony, coai,
salt. iron, nickel, marble. arsenic, sui
phur, alum and petroleum. In the
hCuLtains 3 Id wash4ngs and go u mia
ing are the special features; tdrquoises
and diamonds, the jewels with WATCH
the incss adorned their person.
Gold is found in every part of Peru. In
/ the maritime Andes, where the rocks are
or crystalline character, gold is found
IN veins Of quartz. which are intruded IN
70 the granite and Syenite. This aurlfer-
Gus quartz is accompanied by oxide or
iron and mica, Wnlcn present very conSid-
cradle variations. II Is also often accom-
panied by other minerals. as carbonate OF
lime of laminar structure, and limonite
OF reSlnoGs appearance. 1t Is sometimes
dtscerned in copper minerals and IL those
mixed with chalk. copper pyrites. mala-
ehite, aaInite and siiicate copper. In the
aqueous deposits of the sierra, veins or
gold are found not only III crystalline
earths. but also IN metamorphic rocks.
such IS quartzite and sldty Schist. intrud-
ing themselves into the sedimentary ana
eruDtiVe formations. In these veins the
gold is in pure state. as wei as N py-
rites, suiphuret of iron, and other metal
lie suiphurets, more or less aurifsroCs,
copper pyrites, panabase, bourbonite ga
leEa. jameSOnite, etc. In all the Andean
ranges gold is found in veins and threads,
ana IN The aliuvial districts OF the puEa lii
lakes and grains, deposits known in the
language OF ,he country as 'Tebosace eros
toVerHOW pOckets). aNentaoeroS tWilu
drifts. ard laVed5ros (washns}. IN the
Montana. geld is usually found IN quartz
veins injected into tale and c-ay-s.ate ny
the UDheaVai OF crystalline rocks This
quartz is white, though occasionally ex-
hibiting oxide of iron, but net in the same
abundance as in the coast district. 1t
sometimes shows gran of mispickel or
=
of the streams at the head of The Amazon,
great number or nuggets Fave been
found.
''Stver mining u as the gIerest inCustrJ
of Peru. Like copper. Z is found in It's
greatest abundance in maritime Andes.
Lead is. of course, "a profitable indus
try wh-re there * so much silver. Nest
veins OF ga.ena contain silver enough 70
pay all the expenses Of mining.
Cor per Is found in CajarE area and Re-
quay. Lambayeque and numerous PAGES.
Cinnabar exists in the Sierra in Hu2nc5-
veiica, Ayscucho Puno and btura- I'm is
found in the god deposits OF Peru t-noF-
nous beds OF sulphur OF extraordinary
richness, analvzing 80 Per cent n purity,
is found in unsbez. in the northern bor-
ders Of the republic. and at Araquipa and
MoQuCga. in the south. Gypsum is FOUND
all over the coast desert of the northern
department of Peru. Limestone is found
generously in the coast range and IN the
Sierra. Salt Is ar important article Of
commerce and expectation. AsDnaltum
has been mined for more than century
in the region OF Amotape. on the Rio
Chira. Petroleum bids fair to be sourc'
of immense wealth TO Peru. comp elsatirS
for the loss Of her guano and nitrate de-
so far as yet investigated. the petro-
leum beds OF Piura cover an area Of i6 600
square miles; but, however. as there is
an area of 81 600 square miles OF pretiseI.
the same geological character. II is easy
70 believe that petroleum VIII be found
under that entire area In the southern
part Of the department. near Sechura. the
petroleum is found with natural gas
Senior Figuers's paper was largely de-
VOteG TO describing the geological forIna-
ton of his country. which is of the kind
that produce minerals in great amounts.
The mineral production of Peru had al
most doubled itself in the last few years.
he said. owing TO the application of the
iaxiviation process and improved ma
chinery The field is a magnificent one.
but iacks capital. Peru is not a good
country for mining laborers. but offers
good investments for people with small
caUital