The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-29

Ing loads while they are children, and
I see girls only as tall as my waist
with babies strapped to their backs5
The people arc very strong, and they
men carry enormous weights up hilr
and down Their chief strength is
in their backs and their loins They
are weak as 10 their arms. and have
TO get under load in order to carry
it. saw eight of them trying to
move piano. They would not raise
1t with their hands, but tied ropes to
the legs and then pulled on the ropes
over their shoulders until they were
able TO lift the piano to the thier backs.
After that they trotted on up tho
hill.
Ccrro de Pasco has plaza, about
which the chief buildings face There
Is Il church at one side, and as [ went
through l saw here $50 llamas lying
down on the stones and resting. Each
beast had package of ore strained
TO his back; they had probably come
In from the mines and We're on their
way to the smelter They will carry
merchandise to the homes OF their
owners AS | looked. some of tho
iiamas got up. They rest very much
like camels, putting their knees
under them and sitting flat OH their
bellies The most of the beasts were
chewing their cuds. and 1 could sea
their jaws moving back and forth.
showing their teeth. Some OF tha
iiamas were as white as snow. Others
were brown, and some we're black
Drown and white ana yellow. being
spotted like calico pony. The ani-
nleia look somewhat like an ostrich.
Ihey are nc observing as a fox ter
ricr, and turn their heads this wav
ana that for every new thing In
s tt Their wool looks like that of
inc Angora goat but ii is coorser
IL Is used chiefly by the natives. and
Is not exported.
Taking ponies in company with Az
d. T. Gliddcn. the assistant sunari,
tendent of the Cerro lie pasco mInas
rode through the city. visiting tho
o"'sN'rts ana some Of the native miuest
Cerro de Pasco is situated on rren,
shell of rock, from beneath which sevtt
erai hundred millions OF dollars worth,
or silver and vast fortunes in conner
nave been taken. and from where tba,,
are taking millions more now. ThS
streets and back yards are bonaw1
conped with mine holes MANY Of
which belong to the natives Tho,
Americans have bought what tbo,,
could put some of the miners would
NOT sell. They keep on burrowira, away
taxing out the orc by old IA shIoncd
methods and carrying 1t to the snrfaca
In rawhide sacks. laced together rrit,',
thongs There are mines OF this kind
IN inc midst OF the houses. with peol
PIE living so close that baby crawline
OUT or doors might fall into n nine
ana stay there until one OF the indiana
brought up n load. Here and there
are the remains of the great mines OF
the past. There have been frequent
caVe-lns, and II the buildings had any!"
thing like the weight OF our houses
It Is probable that the whole tovn
would drop down into the mining ex-
cavations below
To-day the prosperity OF Cerro ds
Pasco, and. indeed. OF this whole min.
mug region, is dependent upon Amer-
lean capital. The Americans have al.
ready paid out millions. and they are
now spending thousands of dollRrs
month for wages and native supplies.
They arc employing eight or ten thoas,
and people: and the money they spend
goes from here out to tho villages Of
the high Andes and down into the
Chaucho Mayo Valley. as well as to
Oroya, which is situated seventy.nva
miles from here at tho other end Of
the Cerro dc Pasco Road. The freight
supplied by these mines is tho chief
support OF tho Central Railway, which
comes over the mountains 10 Oroyo.
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