Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-31


world M own leading men
believe positively d BE- the
richest. and no one can say
lusi how great is The wealth OF its un.
explored hills and canyons The ~.
fort 90 Its statesmen 40 redeem a. a.
recently reported hy land concessions
20 Immigrants and railroads 20 carry
the products ~ the Fields aud the
mines. which are now carried on the
backs OF natives has attracted moro
attention To- Europe than the United
ltates which is godfather 20 O.
Peru BE- said 20 be- the one country
BIO South America where there is no
racial ruugaihy 20 Americans a. This
country asa Peru a good turn prob.
abs before that spirit was born among
the Latin races ~ the south u was
IN 1865 shat the United states re-.
stored 90 Peru ihe lobos guano h.
lands a. eshich some adventurous
Americans bad laid claim The fair
mean oi tnis government has since
then been something OF tradition
down th,re
Wtal,h Back OF Uesolate Coast
Much ~ the wealth tia, spain has
dissipsted hel gold aud silver that
vas made into ornaments as we'll as
money aud the precious stones be
longing 10 the royal houses are re-
plt,d 10 have been largely carried
bi1N Ifom Peru BY tht ConQuisa.
dorca
For thousand miles the coast
Of Peru presents " bold unspcakahle
barren appearance Mountains tower
up toward the cloudiess skies day AFT.
cr day ns on" pursues his slow way
down the coast 80. tteo or a green
bush can bg seen. but back OF the
barrier ls the wealth OF the lncas
gold and silver coffee and cottoa aud
spices aud luits and rare woods No.
sherc does the desert run back for
more than 800 miles from the coast.
and usually not so far Then there
b. the long stretch Of gradually ris-
ing plains tho foothills aud then the
great Interior table lands
From 1880 tu lS2t Jesuit priests
are credited with taking % tons OF
pure silver out Of single valley
while other mines are said 20. have
yielded hundreds Of millions of dol
lars and even with ibo primitive
system mployed b. .he monks and
the native Indians uut for nearly
half century OF more Peru went
backward aud became so poor that
her richest citizen lived ou the pawn
shops nut that period has passed.
aud with permanent peace the country
rs slowly recovering Us prosperity
silver Is one mineral that Is. per
hAps. msst abundant, and that Is "a
/ be- found in every section OF the re
public IN many places 10 Is found
/ u native state and the deposits an,
OF great richness Copper miniug
is comparatively a new industry q
Peru as not until the depreciation of
/ silver. aid miners turn their attention
10 copper when q was found thu
| Il existed in paying quantities In a.,
great silver districts Within IN,
/ 'asi few years the iaggiu Guggenheig
/ copper mines at Cerro DE- Paseo hay.
produced enormous quantities Of or,
and modern smelling works have beer
established al several of IN, more In.
poriant ccnters
Cerro Dc pasco and Vault are n,
two best known copper regions 81
Peru but Others are known 10 ey
ist The ores OF Peru are always foun,
IN various combinations with diner
eut metals
Gold which constituted the grea
wealth OF the nation before the con
quest by Pizarro, was not mined TO
very great extent BY the Spanish con
querurs. who. for some reason. gay,
all their attention 10 silver mining
For this extraordinary reason IN,
gold mines from whence the nativl
Incas derived their fabulous wealth
remained more or less abandoned fo
three centuries, and Il Is only nov
that there Is revival OF gold min
ing
Gold L. found In several parts o
Peru There Is alluvlal gold gen
orally on the Amazonian slopes an,
throughout eastern Peru the river
have all gold bearing gravel beds
70 that hydraulic mining. the mos, In
expensive method known. IL likely Z.
assume some magnitude.