Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-23

NJ mi ihoy are now IN the hands |
"a Atgaers penle and Gibson. two young |
who are d velop'ug Co. They |
have n river With ia0-fnni fan which |
Loo fhcm force Tor their hydtdullc. |
7, thoir aiulco boxes are pav.mcnts oi |
,rd trev collect the fine gold with |
o,,i.i.giiver. They have got some mug
- weighing as much as three ounces
kt.,g poto there ia another good mine
q tg Known NJ the IOtur0Fn. 10 Dr.
situoted on the side ~ q mountain 22.00l
r,St hish. II IN now In litigation. ort
~ iropie who have poa1ossion have
IN. ,,.klnp "A good thing ont OF 10
.a tbev chin q great deal 1f gold Co
Euroro 10 be srif'tcd
NoT A POOR MANS COUNTRY.
80 that some OF the statements Do
49, tetiar may lead Americans Without
ssal,,,,isi 10 como 10 south America g.
,r,snect ] should most earn sily al.
,i,- anon a. STAY AZ homo. This is MOI
, Moor mans country ln any a'nf' ~
~ word. There r. no chance az al
- IN, man without capital. hud iheI'
Z. ,o chance for the man out ni money
~. A.. s,oncy ~ hls muscle In com.
,,e,ition with these indiana, wh1 llN,
H. does ard viii won, Tor about
tn.ertv cents of our money Der Jay.
Nm. ~ thrm are good M cHaulo1, ana
NJ tonkt apcrs and clerks ihr wAt-
trta are Overlooked. 10 tAtc. lilt
amount Of money to travel ,hei. all
without proper supplies ,he nl'9''l.l
Arerie,ua who had hetu piu.U Wing
In ibr Teni region " Bolivia lul in ihr
Carab4va dlstrlrt or Peru. Thty wnrr
IN hardest looking yankees ! have
srrn and their story was hnrd.r thln
their looks. They had Attempted ~
live m the country, and hah htile NOR
thrn clrnmcai mush Tor three months
starving. Notwithstanding The fact th1t
they had plenty % money with ihnui'
For weeks thcy had 90 Walk through
the rain and sleep at night without a
fire in rude Indian hutH, who're az
times they were only admitted because
they forced their way In. There u abb
a1lutfly no chance for man 90 make
flr trying to wash enough Elli out %
the streams 90 support him this u an
imp6sslbinty, FOR the surface wash
lugs. aud. To- fact. all g1liabearlng
rrnvcls that could De easily gotten az
have been work "a over and over by the
Indians. FIRST IN The days OF The lncaH,
later on VIII n thay were under their
spanish taakmastcrh. and since then
from year O. year Cor themselves. rho
gold regions On the cuatrru sides OF
The Andes are in many cases maltH-
GUS. and those about here are s1 high
that many cannot stand the rlrucd
air and have sgruche. No American
can work here a. h. ran az home. and
most ~ those who attempt 90 d. 80
% travel here and In the Rockies
there II no comparison. The passes o.
the Andrs arr over tho ridges Of the
mountains rather than through vhl-
ioyH. and passes VI 10000 and 1000 fglt
are common. Aif. Bellows told me he
crossed the mountains In one place az
1900 feet. ana that when b. got 20 the
top the other aide seemed STRAIGHT
down, and hlt trip from there on was
Ike climbing down the side 0f q wall.
Some N the roads over the m 1un'1lua
are hy "a EcriCH ~ steps, and mules are
trained 70 climb and jump up from
sigp TO step. In some places the mules
Will ~ down upon their hind lcgs ana
slide down the mountains. and you arc
often In such a situation that II you M
your mule makes mlsstcp you are
lost.
SOME TROUBLES OF THE SOUTH
AMERICAN INDIANS.
LIT us look at what Il viii cost the
ordinary American 10 come here a.
mine. We will suppose that his purse
ID lean ana that he travels In tho
cheapest way II h. goes by stccnHD
| from New York Go Panama ID will cost
him $50. ana he VIII need $50 more for
his Storage passage 20 Mollcnd0 ~
VIII cost him so Tor actual expenses
| from Mollondo TO la pax. and 40 far
nothing whatever has been allowed
| Tor cNtrar. Al la PgE h. must outnt
and here everything IN high. a sack N
-four VIII cost him 81. lie viii IND
no baking powder aud no bacon. aud
/ he VIII have 90 stock w with such
/ canned goods as h. can find nt tht
/ h ighCHt prices. The chances are that
he win decide 90 live on the coun.
/ nv. and that his stomach will be-
turned upside down na soon rs he gets
outside % the settled regions What h,
win have Ca eat II hc can buy Il will b.
/ cholnnn. This u sheep, split and
dried whole In tn SUM- Ito packs MI
IN his mule or burrow. and Il forms MI,
staple food, II is exposed to the fnlr
ana then becomes SOFT. A terrible
stencil rises from A.. and n looks lk,
/ putrid meat, a. u really IA. Another
| food that n staple in chuno. ni
| frozen potatoes dried. Those are muci
liked By the Indians. hut are not rci.
iHhed by foreigners, outside OF thna,
two articles you can buy nothing on
/ tho road, a. the Indian ylllngrn you
I
tables. but no meats. Uamo IL ver,
scarce. ana there n little wood foi
| cooking except In the regions on thu
eastern slopes of the mountains. Their
II absolutely no fuel for warmth IL
/ what are some Of the coolest OF eli,
mates, II you carry an oil stove yot
| VIII have 20 pack along kerosene FOR Il
and this win cost you for the Peruvian
variety more than 81 per gallon. ManS
| people cannot realize that II N cold IN
South America. I am wearing tive
/ suits of Undertaking nt this moment
ana my feet are IN fur foot-wnrmoi
| like that we sometimes use when out
slclfhlng. am only a little over
| ~. 900 feet above the sea, IN a hote
butt ~ Sun-drlod brick. Many of IN,
| mining regions are 1900 and moro feet
above the sea; there urc no houses
| whatever, and NJ certain seasons thf
winds Of the Andes are damp. cold and
honehrcnklnr. The wind and sun tar
| you. and as result Of my rides In tn
| highlands my face ana neck are nov
the color 81 boiled lobster, while m,
| rosy nose IL pecling on In scales.
now wear the knit mask which tht
natives wear ON cold journeys II Il
NJ brown yarn ana ~ made that n
| covers the whole head. leaving holes
Tor the eyes, nose ana mouth. II server
| Ito purpose. but II makes one look q
very Mophlstopheles.
! The rainy season IN serious tim,
| Tor the American prospcctor. nh,
| grass ON these high pampas ~ OF
soft. Hpongy nature. II holds N,
water 40 that golng over IL IN INK,
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