The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-23

G. Knowles md his golden bricks.
laughed and sneered q, by all hut tho
Indians, to whom he was kind. The
iuanchaca mine was shown him by an
Indian woman rs a reward for his kind
ness during her illness. and as a re-
suit lie died rich man. More silver
was taken out after his death. and the
total product has now cQualed about
SIPS, 100000. Tho mines are still yield -
ing They employ altogether about
5000 workmcn. including 1000 women.
who are engaged In sorting the ores.
heard much about the vanadium de-
posts that lie the tops of the
Andes, only few miles from the
American smcltcr. known as La Fund.-
cion. The mines belong 10 the Nana-
dunn Trust Company, which, am told
here is a branch of the United States
Steel Company II controls tho pro
duct and uses 1t for making vanadium
steel. The chief mine was originally
owned by an Italian, named Fcrnan-
dini. who still holds n large interest.
II has made Fcrnandni rich. and he
is now buying hacicndas here and there
in the Andes and breeding fnc stock
This vanadium occurs in a carhona-
ccous deposit intcrstratifcd with sand
stone. The lower portion of the stone
contains or per cent OF vanadlum
The ore i roasted before II is brough;
down To thu Smciter, and the metal is
shipped To Pittsburgh. 1t is not sold
IN bulk. but is Kept Ivy the company
for tho making of steel. only so much
is mined. the output heing regulated
by tho demand
The Andes arc peppcred with sold
from one end to the other. rizarro
carried away from them 500. Ooo. 600
nf tal
other millions which he failed to get.
| Among tho latter were the lost treas
urcs Of the lncas I have already de-
scribcd. including the gold plates that
they tore from their temples in Cuzco
and the mighty gold chain they threw
into Lake Urcos. 1t is said that there
is gold mixed with the sands of Lake
Tlticaca 1t is stili being washed from
, the sands near La pa2, and II is found
in greater or less quantities along al
most all the tributaries OF the Amazon.
y prospector tells me that the whole
mountain range, running from Mount
Sorat TO Mount Illimani n distance Of
$50 miles, shows color. and that some
places have undoubtedly veins OF gold.
y large part OF the bolivian plateau
consists of scdimcntary deposits of
gravel and clay. and in many places
uopn IL coarse sold has been found
The most of this is In small nuggets
, and very little III dust.
There are extensive quartz mines on
the Amazonian side of the Andes. one
OF these belongs TO the Inca Mining
Company, Pennsylvaia combinations
which altogether has taken out about
S1.o0e.000, and another is the Santo Do
mnGo mine that has produced half as
, much. During my stay in Areouipa !
met Mr.. +. H. Collins. the manager Of
the Inca Company. and had chat with
him about his mines and the difficulties
with which the company had to con
tend before they could make them prof
+ table. The mines are situated on the
MAdrc dc DioS River. not very far from
the hcadwatcrS Of the Amazon They
arc on the .\tlanatic slope of the Andes
about $50 miles east of the Pacific
Ocean. TO reach them one has to go
by the railroad across tho coast range
through Il pass higher than the top OF
pixies Peak. and then up the branch
line which leads from Julliaca TO Cur
GO. At Tirapota the miners leave the
railroad and go across the country by
wagon road and mule trail for dis
tance Of about l42 miles. The COM
pany had to build the road themselves
and that across pass over 5000 feet
high. The road has sixteen bridges,
and 1t goes through georges too feet
tall. y mule trail that forms the end
of the route winds its way for thirty
eight miles up and down and along the
sides OF the cliffs II cost $500. 900 and
the total expense OF the whole route
was enormous. The mining company
got n concession of something like l.
o0e,0 acres OF land for building the
road. and has been exploiting this for
rubber.
| The Inca Mining Company has i'm
ported from the United States and ear
| ried over the route stamps and mills
and also reduction plant sufficient to
take care OF 100 tons OF ore daily
! Among its other machinery is a steam
err, made In Chicago. that was brought
down TO the coast of the Pacific and rar-
ried over the mountains in pieces. 700
/ mules being required for the TRANSPORT
I Entirely separate and apart from this
/ Inca Company is the Iucaro Mining
/ COMPANY. The former mine Ia III Peru;
/ the latter I'm Boloivia. Both are largely
owned by Americans. and tho first en-
/ tirely so. The lncaoro has. believe,
! some Bolivian capital invested in 1t,
/ bur the most Of its stock is held in the
! United states and one Of the chief own
I ers and president OF the company Is
I Mr.. Horace 6. knowles. who was for
B ineriy United States minister TO Bolivia.
, The vice president and manager is Da-
! via .. Broker. we'll stnown Amer
! lean miner, who discovered the famous
/ OLA de ORC mine, and the treasurer is
/ Thomas W. Miller. the secretary OF
| state Of Delaware. Mr.. Knowles tells
me that this mine promises to pay he
I Nond the hopes of it's owners. He
! showed me four gold bricks that had
! been turned opt last month. and al
| lowed me to photograph him with two
! OF the bricks in his hands Each OF
the bricks weighs. ] should judge about
thirty pounds. and is worth in the
neishborhood OF $4,000 Mr.. Knowles
says the minc is rapidly dcvelopine
and that he believes IL will within a
short while produce 100 pounds of ane