Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-07
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posts Of ;he sierra. veins OF gold ere
found not only In crystalline carths |
but also In metamorphc rocks such o.
Themselves Into the s1dlncntdty and
eruptlve formations. In these veins tn
gold Is In o pure state. as well 40 in
uyrites. sulnhurct Of Iron, and other
metallic mlphurcts. more or less nurl-
ferrous, copper pytltcs, panaLnse' hour.
MONTE. galcna. jamcsonite, etc. In nli
the Audean ranges gold Is found To
veins and threads. and Ia the nlluviul
districts of she puma in lakes ana
grains, deposits known In the Language
Of the country as "rchOaadcros' lover.
flow puckcts), "aventadvfos' wind
drifts, and "lavodoroa" twashlng).
In the Montana. gold Or usually
found I'm quartz veins Injected into tale
and cliy-siato BY the uphcaval OF crys-
taiiine rocks This quartz Is white,
though occasionally exhibiting oxide Of
iron. but not in the same abundance as
In the coast district u sometimes
shows grains ~ misplCkel OR arsouical
pyritcs. In the valleys Of some 81 the
streams at the head " the Amazon.
r.pat number of nuggets have been
found.
silver mining was the greatest indus
try III Peru. Like copper 10 is found In
its greatest abundance in maritime
Andes.
Lead is. of course. a profitable In
dustry where there % 30 much silver
Most veins ~ galona contain silver
enough to pay all the expenses ~ min
Ing.
Uccuay Lnmbnyoquo and many other
placed CInnahlr exists Ia the Sierra.
in Huancnvellcn. Ayacuho. Puno ana
Piura. Tin IL found In the gold deposits
uf Peru Enormous beds 81 sulphur uf
extraordinary richness. nnalyizing %
per cent IN purity, Do found ut Tumhez.
in the northern borders nf the ltCpuhllr,
and of Ar0uuipa and Moqurguh loo %"
south. Gyusum U.s. found all over the
coast desert of she northern depurtmcn;
of Peru. ilmrHt1ne ls found all over
the country. Coal IL distributed gcncr-
oualy in the coast range and IN the
Sierra. salt " an Important article ot
commerce ana expectation. Asphnltum
has been mined for moro than ccn-
fury IN the region Of Amninpc. on the
RIO Chlra. Petroleum bids fair 20 be a
source ~ Immense wealth Go Peru.
concentrating Tor thp loss %
her guano and nitrate deposits.
80 FAR nB yet Investigated, the
petroleum beds u rlurn cover an
area OF 1900 square mIloH: but how
cvcr as there an area ~ 10000 square
miles of precisely the same geological
chnrnctr. II ~ easy 60 believe that
petroleum will be found under that en-
tire area. In the southern part Of the
department. near SeChurn, the petrulc-
UNI II found with natural gas
have travelled great deal In my
country Ms q student nt mining school
and afterwards on account ~ my pro-
fenslon. In the south NJ Peru I have
been Tor days passing through regions
where at any place the earth could Be
I taken NJ ana washed. showing parti-
claH ~ roid. the water was scarce here.
In the north NJ Peru. about two years
ago. I crossed the Mnranun. the chin
I chlpe ana other rivcfa.nud gold IL found
7 In every one. In many ~ these the
Indians have what they call n farm,
/ which nro made by paving the river
banks with stones and then leaving a.
! IN the next rainy season u over, whom
| thcN return 10 these farms and re-
NOV the stones. washing the earth
l which has deposited In the crcvicoH be-.
/ tween the stones and by the aid oi
| mercury thoy collect the gold they need.
| and many ~ thom throw the gold
/ they do not need 10 carry, back Into tho
! river.
] In the district ~ snnto Tomas. prov
| iucc Of T.uyn. I visited many gold veins
and samples taken from them gave M,
| from to Q ounces OF gold per ton. tho
same veins. | was assured, have given
i6 to 20 ounces. with the fall Of rll-
yer many people began looking for
new and old gold mines. and tili now
there have been great achievements
trlch voinn NJ. 20 and oven 20 ounoea
OF gold being found quite frequently
A Few months previous to the klOn.
dixie craze In this country, we had ours
In the south ~ Peru, In the province Of
/ Cnrnhnya. department 0f puuol, ana
In Snndln, which are located iu the
most distant regions ~ Peru on the
boundary limo with Bolivia. and tho
greater part ~ them ARE on the other
side of the eastern Cordllloru where
tho high peaks Illlmuni and sorata are
] found
10 reach this region. n chain " CLAN,
mountains must be- crossed through
tho most rugged and broken passes.
/ The mines W Cnrnhayn are the oldest
/ and considered the richest In Peru, ana
IN the year 1856 "a nugget was taken
/ from here Weighing 100 pounds, ana
also another was found there In the
same year In the shape OF a
human head Gold D. found In veins
] and plncprs ana wlndsirlfis, Though
so long known, yet this region was
abandoned and even the location ~ 90
towns was lost until the sale OF the
] st. Domingo mine % an American
party. whom the rush began ana In les
than n months $500 pounds N gold
was taken from the province OF Cara
] hayn.
Tho santo Domingo mine IL tho only
Ur1 whore work ~ any consideration
has been done, the vein runs between
and fg,t, tho ore being very similar
In an parts ln q sla,e formation. the
vein carrying from % 500 ounces per
ton. and In some Instances almost pura
gireaks NJ gold have been met with:
this vein can be- traced Tor about ! 800
I meters. and undoubtedly continues.
| As IN all "ruHhls" OF this kind, many
/ persons fan owing o. their lack u
] knowledge or preparation Tor the tlaK
they undertake. but tn1He who have
prepared Themselves properly have
been well rewarded IN locating rich
/ claims.
Roads have been Improved ana com
I plnlgB hive been formed Tor the sclen-
tho work ~ the mines and n will not
be- long before this particular pli.-
| win be- known as IT, greatest sold
/ producing region " the world
l win not take your tlmr o. ton you
~ all the departments whore gold % %
De found.
The mineral production ~ Peru has
almost doubled ltsclf ln me last low
| years owing 90 the application 90 thf
! LtNlviltllu process ana Improved ma
chincry, In the Cernl del pasrn he
minors arr changing tho exploitation
! ~ sllNDr fDr g.uuHr with unuwuIUH.rt