Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-05

.-., claims are generally IN the interior.
i,,',,,ins midway between the north
and s5tith across the country thefc Is
~, oi.,,.ted tableinnd and beyond this
~, ,bo ,srth a second plain. Tho grass
es m Tho plains are rich. but they are
=, largely eaten up by ground fats mat
n takes from three 10 i've az = =" sup
mort one sheep. These rats uuftow ~
the earth, fillng " with hoieH uhe
prnirlc-dor town. They MAKE W I'M
i,,albie 10 drive over the plains with "a
vynr-on and horseback riding has 10 be
M n si5,v pace. Cattle are the only
fttrre that will drive tho rats away.
and thcy are often used TO tramp the
ground for this purpose
THE DENSE VEGETATION
II ID sma queer to think Of dense
Vegetables In TERRA dol Fuegl. one
mirht almost soon believe that grass
can bo raised on nm Iceberg. The truth
h. that tho winter climate Of TERRA
dol Turr1 IL mlider than that VI Cans
ada. Tho inwinndH are seldom covered
with snow for more than "a day OF 30
nc time. though you are IN sight ~
snow and glaciers on the mountains
ai tho year round, The climate VAR
ics in different parts. but u " tenefhly
ci1l cloudy aud WINDY. Iha worst
feature d. the wind. which as times
blows f1r days nj "a stretch ana sends
the chilly air through your bones in
UIrkacrpw curves TERRA Del fuer1 be-
ln the Latitude u Labrador but H1 De-
large part af England and Holland.
and ! Imagine that barring those winds
"Tloru dol" a. thcy have nIckuamed
The island. has winters moro like those
NJ northern Europe than Lahmaur The
vegetation d. rather Ike that ~ The
temperate than friRld zone. Tho moun-
tain slopes up ~ about 1000 feet are
walled with growth ul trees. ferns
and moss 30 thick that 10 is almost Inn
possible 10 gci through a. Upon the
sides Of the sleeper mountains the
trare. instead ~ going Htrnlght up.
crawl upon the earth. 20 that "a truc
with trunk AZ thick uH your waist
o. MT more than three feet hiEh, but
spreads over large tract 81 ground.
This IL probably due 10 the mountain
SHOWS. which presses the trees down 10
the ground and Htill keeps them warm
enough not 10 Impede thclr growth.
And what Kind OF trees DO th0y have
down here at the tail.end ~ cr'nfl1nf
The most common o. the beech There
are vast forests " antarctic berohes IN
chilean "rlerra del" the trees " which
are eighty feet tail ana six feet thick.
They make excellent lumber. and l am
Told some are nov being cut down and
shipped 90 BurHnua Ayfca one ~ tho
beech tree .pccca pr " our evergreen
variety, and another o. che common
lrtch. much like those ~ our central
states There are also trees ~ the
magnolia species There are twenty
i've different varieties " shrubs and
bushes Zoo Tefrt del FueFu. ami wild
TllHohofrcH and villa fuHphcrrlcs. Wild
strawberries VI great HIEc and delicious
81
there are hlau Wild grapes and Wild
celery. Forms are 90 DO seen almost
everywhere, and one may says that tho
tree fern lH indigenous 90 certain parts
~ the country. The sheep farmers
raise CnhhnFrH. POTATOES, furulpa and
peas In the gardens connected with their
stations, and they tell me that In III,
spring and summer the ground IN
spotted with wild flowers.
THE KLoNDIl<E OF THE SOUTH
Tigfru del FucE1 has been called tho
kl1ndike Of south America: - Tar,
however, there a. no Qualification Of the
Term. There u plenty of sold, but up 10
now no large quantities have been dis
covered and that found II dlficuli 60
mne. The sold IL all placer gold.
some OF Il IL In the shape ~ nuggets
a. large ~ marrowfat peas, but the
greater part " u u in leaflets or scales,
NN MNNAA 81 ANN NNlNNNH. ANN ~ AilN NNMNha
ern part Of Terra del FueEo proper
and the islands adjacent. The gold %
found on the shore. the clay containing
u running down under che w0or and
being rNpofad only ~ low tide. The
gold Il covered with shlnFic and sand.
which must BE- removed before bed
rock IL reached. A. the SioEgct bay dig
gIugH. fur instance, thrru a six feet Of
sand ana gravel above the bed rock.
This has 60 be- Hhoysle1 un, and when
the tide comes IN he gold bearing clay
IL again covered. Almost similar eon-
dltlona exist az the NaahlnFa on the
Island o. Navarlno and elsewhere.
From what ! can learn cher there are
osiy a few places whore sold has been
! found IN any quantity. and those ara
nothing Ia comparison with tho great
gold deposits Of our western states.
| There are Two or three companies who
work hiuicr boxes With machinery
! pumping the water frIm mo sea and
| gathering the gold dust with machinery
on copper plates, The most 81 the min
ING. however, IL spanmodlc and uncgr-
tain. The tefrsury u extremely aim
I cult % reach and the prospecting u
coupled with such hardshlps and eS-
penae IN the way ~ getting supplies
that would advise the American miner
/ 10 stay at home.
FRANK q. CARPENTER