Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-05

iginh Indiana took silver, copper and
gold from them. and the first spaninrds.
BY most primitive methods, got out an
average Of four million dollars worth
Of ore every year. Aa late 90 1907. six
million tons u copper were mined In
ton months. Then the Spanish govern
mont, not content with realizing a very
large sum by way Of taxes on the prod
uct. Increased the excise charges 10
such an outrageous extent az 10 ut
teriy Kill the enterprise. Then for more
man hair n century the ores lay IN
disturbed In the pockets u the
hllla until tho attention u Americans
was turned this way. II Ia only about
hftecn years since the FIRST mining claim
~ n foreigner was recognized IN cuba.
Now several North American corpora
tons are busy In the Mneeirn noun
talne, developing rich tracts of mining
territory. building rallways 10 tho
coast from their works IN the upper
helghts. and chipping Increasing guam
Titles - ore 10 the United States. In
the unknown dcnios 81 this dark Sierra
ana In the pathlc4H wilderness beyond
the mountains the patriots" had their
secure camping grounda from which
they dcnod Spain Tor three long ycAfa
md might have held tho armies of
tho world nt bay indefinitely II food
enough 10 sustain ne could have been
grown IN their faatncseos. To the world
~ iMNN Nnls iaANN OF INV NhN ~ wv
terra lncngnlta, and men wonder why
spain'e hundred thousand soldiers ana
not crush NJ once the few hundred half
ntnfvcd rebels. Under circumstances
similar 10 Gen. Wcylcr'a the Earl 81
Hereford resigned his command In de-
epair when ordered 60 wrcat tho clln-
castle N Dunnottar from the Scotch In
nurEente. said he ~ an the imps u
mischief had Cnnsrircd Co burden n man
with an impossible tack. they could
have done no woreo than 10 saddle him
with the Siege Of that sen-glrt rock"
while tho coast mountains % cuba
show traces Of former volcanic activity,
the main rangc-tho back bone Of the
island. 80 to speak. which u really
continuation Of our wostcrn Alleghcnic.
resembles the Cumberland chain 81
kentucky and Alabama In limestone
ellie and deep caverns, The Sierra
Honda C'Hollow Mountaina'J, for OK.
ample. which cover more than 5000
square miles OF central cuba, are honey
combcd with cnlcarcous
CAVES AND 0RoTToEs
that absorb good-slacd rivers and have
underground communications for long
distancen Their entrances are gene
orally concealed by lmpcnetrablo
screens Of tauElc-vinca. and come %
them have several outlets. wide apart
. Wv NNf NNhfN NNNNNfA NAANHN ANNH
with portals that can be- hidden by
movable rocks; Ho that those familiar
with the architectural details of these
Huhtefrnncan ahodoa wcr. az safe from
Invasion In them M N lying IN their
graves. Their mere nCFhborhood waa
such q guarantee 81 security that handa
" inrufgcutn relying on the HWiftncEa
" their ioga 90 Ect them beyond pursuit
N the enemy approached came boldly
forth to cultivate corn. tnbnrrn and pn-
tatocs for their own support. Whofo
the perlla 81 CloudlAnd end the Jungle
begins. with zlE-zaE trails through
which the machctc must cut way
Each rowing band of patriots was fol-
lowed by u holndor Literally trnnslat-
ed. a lcaf-scrnpcr), whose duty u was
10 obliterate an toil-tale tracks. often
the hoiador went farther and facctioua.
ly led the puruuors n merry dance upon
a sham TRAN. into quarmire or linz
pnssablc morasa. where they foundercd
about hclplcssly while tho rebels chuck
led In the bunhra. The forests are
equally unfavorablc for catching hu-
man game familiar with their intrica-
clee There are absolutely no land
marks In tho dense iunslcs whore cur
tnins Of crecpcrs extend Tor miles and
the moon and stars are ohscurcd By q
cold canopy OF grvcn. tho only way
to tell ones whereabouts being tho
constant oxpedient Of climbing tho tall
cot trcca.
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.