The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-23
CALLS BRAZIL WONDER
LANO OF THE WORLD
Colorado Senator Says Millions of
Gold in Her Placer Mines
Ebony Logs Under Water.

Denver Republican,: But few Am
orleans have seen the sights which
have crossed the vision of Former
State Senator Samuel /. Hallet, of
Aspen. In seven years of travel
through South and Central America,
and especially into the vast unre-
claimed expanse of Brazil, he has
penetrated into regions seldom trod-
den by white men, and his observant
eyes and his knowledge of wealth
and it's basis, qualify him to state
with accuracy the tremendous posi-
bilities that lie in the Brazilian re,
public, awaiting the developing hand
of American enterprise. He reached
Denver last night, having but recent
ly returned from Brazil.
Senator Hallet, who is one of the
foremost mining engineers of the
nation and who has contributed
largely to the development of the
mineral resources of this state, saw
Brazil from many angles. He can
tell of the length, width and tribu-
taries of the Amazon river, the tan
gled jungles of the interior, and
their strange, their beautiful and
their repulsive features. His eyes
have rested on a church built out of
quartz in which the free gold glis-
tened to the naked eye. But the
thing upon which he lays particular
stress is that the United States is
losing 100000 annually from
Brazil alone by not adopting the pol
icy pursued by England, Germany,
France and Italy in the establish
ment of bank in Rio Janeiro and
in the granting of steamship subsi-
dies to American shipping interests
to encourage closer commercial re-
lations with the republic.
Shortly after the adjournment of
the Fourteenth general assembly, of
which Senator Hallet was mem
Der, representing Pitkin county, he
went to South America. After
pleasant vacation in Rio Janeiro Hal
let went to Bahia, 70 miles from the
Atlantic coast, and on the Amazon
river. From Bahai he journeyed to
the City of Para, which is further
inland, and at which point the ANA
zon river is 10 miles wide.
Zone can get a fair idea of the
Amazon river after travelling, as 1
did, in steamer of 5000 tons up
that river for a distance of $500
miles. The narrowest point in the
stretch of waterway is three-fourths
of mile and the water at this
point, called the Narrows, is from
800 to 400 feet deep. This point
is ESQ miles from the sea-" said SEN
ator Hallett at the Brown Palace no.
tel last night.
II can best describe the Amazon
by saying that it runs through
green tunnel, jungle on both banks,
or else lined with huge banks of
o. SOA AAuu. Al IuO WcI SSdSOu OIL the
year the river swells to an average
width of SO miles. 1t is one success
sion of great lakes and pools
throughout its entire length until it
reaches it's natural channel toward
the seaboard. There are more than
SO tributaries of the Amazon, and
each one of these streams is nayiga-
BILE for hundreds of miles. They
lead in all directions and drain an
area almost as large as the United
States.
Vessels of lighter draught ply
the river almost to its source from
the 2,50O-mile point Up toward the
headwaters a canal connects with the
Rio de la Plata and one can journey