The Sunday globe., 1901-05-12
CINCO CENTAYOs.

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Mr. Martin describes the days as being
exceedingly warm, even at the altitude
of IS, 900 feet, with eternal snow in sight.
At 2 p. m, however, a cooling wind
blows, and by dusk ihe night is cold
enough to sleep under blankets, Iu all
his travels below the equatorial line, ia
Peru and Chill, Mr.. Martin never saw
any poisonous snakes, reptiles, etc, and
he says that none exist from the coast in
land for more than one thousand miles
or as far as his travels extended,
In returning home Mr.. Martin had for
companions several South American gen.
tlemen, natives of Peru and Chill, among
whom was the owner of the San Antonio
mine, in Peru. Mr.. Martin endeavored
to interest the Senor in American meth
DDS of silver mining and reduction, but
to all representations that his output
could be increased one hundredfOld by
the use OF American machinery, he had
the invariable and astonishing reply, @
do not want more money taken from the
mine ] have all | need, educate my
children in Elrope, and when l want
more money than the usual monthly out
put, either to send them or make a trip
abroad, | simply order my superintendent
to get out the extra quantity, and there
you are. My money is in the ground,
and that is safer than a bank; and, be-
sides, there are no banks within six or
seven hundred miles Of my estate, What
do | want your machinery for, eh, Senior
Americauo3'' and Don Ramon would
give Mr.. Martin a friendly tap on the
cheek as he courteously extended his
cigar case.
Mr.. Martins diary is full Of interesting
/ data on volcanoes, drunken Indians, saint
days, baptisms he performed and burias
| he attended. His various trips and ex
plorations are copiously noted, and the
one unvarying memorandum or footnote
is added "three days without water
and sometimes -four days is inserted,
with the addition that mature almost eX
hausted, water or death. ~ This OF
course, while travelling in the interior
over the Andes. for the valleys are singu
larly rich, although rain never falls; but
there is a perfect system Of irrigation, the
water for which is supplied from wells ol
from the melted SHOWS of the mountains
secured in large artificial reservoirs.
II is proper TO state that the modern
steel building referred to, and which Il
the largest if not the only one in South
America, and the material for which was
supplied by the Milwaukee Bridge Works
was erected by tho Bolivian Indians undel
Mr.. Martins instructions, the Indians, al
the structure progressed, taking the mos
absorbing interest in the work, although
markedly non receptive TO instructions
and anything but responsive to the energy
and patience Of their instructor.
Mr.. Martin has had some interesting
experiences also in Africa, where repre-
senting the same concern, he has erected
American machinery in the mines of th'
Tmnsyaal lie is watching the presen
contest for supremacy between the Afri
kanders and the British with the closes
attention, and like all other American
engineers and mining experts who hav'
lived in or visited South Africa, hi
"busness" sympathies are with th'
invaders. lie is in Washington in th'
interest Of Chicago capitalists interested
in mines in the Transvaal, where he in
tends going when the present war is over