Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-07

En ERR ia conceded 10 pc wv
E "a MD richest country in the
s% ,,orld It's own leading men
believe positively it Is Tue
richest and no one can say
just how great is the wealth OF l'S U'.'
explored hills and canyons me ~
fort of its statesmen to redeem H. as
recently reported, by land CONCESSIONS
10 Immigrants and railroads to carry
the products of the fields anu '.'
mines. which are now carried on que
backs of natives. has attracted more
attention in Europe than the Uhl'eu
States. which is godfather to 1t.
Peru Is said to be the one country
in South America where there Is no
racial antipathy to Americans as 'i'ls
country did Peru a good turn prop
ably before that spirit was born among
the Latin races to the south. II was
in 1858 that the United States re-
stored To Peru the Lobos guano is
lands. to which some adventurous
Americans had laid claim. The falr-
ness of this government has since
then been something of a tradition
down there
Wealth Back Of DesoIate Coast
Much of the wealth that Spain has
dissipated. her gold and silver that
was made into ornaments as well as
money. and the precious stones be
longing to the royal houses are re-
puted to have been largely carried
back from peru by the Conquisa-
dores.
For a thousand miles the coast
of Peru presents a bold. unspeakable
barren appearance. Mountains tower
up toward the cioudless skies day aft
er day as one pursues his slow way
down the coast Not tree or a green
bush can be seen, but back of the
barrier is the wealth of the Incas-
gold and silver, coffee and cotton and
spices and fruits and rare woods No
where does the desert run back for
more than so miles from the coast.
and usually not SO far. Then there
is the long stretch of gradually ris-
ing plains. the foothills and then the
great interior table lands
From 1880 to 1924 Jesuit priests
are credited with taking q tons of
pure silver out of single valley.
while other mines are said to have
yielded hundreds of millions of dol
lars. and even with the primitive
system employed by the monks and
the native Indians. But for nearly
half century or more Peru went
backward. and became so poor that
her richest citizen lived on the pawn.
shops. But that period has passed
and with permanent peace the country
is slowly recovering its prosperity.
Silver is one mineral that is. nor.
haps, most abundant. and that Is IN
be found in every section of the re.
public. In many places il Is foupd
in a native state. and the deposits arc
of great richness. Copper MINING
is comparatively a new industry In
Peru. as not until the depreciation of
silver. did miners turn their atte,tion
to copper, when It was found tba,
it existed in paying quantities in the
great silver districts. Within the
last few years the Haggin-G uggenheim
copper mines at Cerro de Paseo bovo
produced enormous Quantities n, or,
and modern smelling works have ,oa~
established at several of tn, mora a.,
portant centers. 9
Cerro de Paseo and Yauli aro 4.
two best known copper reeions .,
Peru. but others are known 20
fist. The ores OF Peru are always So.
i'm various combinations with ais
ent metals.
Gold, which constituted the ,..
wealth Of the nation before tho 90
quest by Pizarro, was not mined - .
very great extent by the Spanish ~. Q
duerors. who. for some reason g.
all their attention to silver mininn
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