The farmer and mechanic., 1914-09-01

own claims. II the mines turn ott
good. they can then c.stm prior titles
Another method X 70 l.aN. Sou. sua-
poTtant claus" cut - a. 10 furnish :.
ground fer suit aS ia defect cf title,
and thsrd way i % forge fats.
papers and claims knov of maus
mines of value IN BOLIVIA now n ihe
hands Of foreigners mat are costing
taeir owners much Ia defend them.
and II certainly behuoxes al Am.ri-
cans coming here 10 invest in mineral
properties TO take these matters into
consideration
me new laws If they can be pass
ed. VIII remedy many such evils one
or these mas already been enacted III
provides that the contestant to nln-
ing claim must deposit $500 with The
government 10 show tn. good faith u.
MS suit and that this i to be for
| felted in case ~ cannot make good
Another law provides that the annual
dues and fees for holding the iitl. To
| mine must he all paid by the 3ISt
| Of December Of each year IN tn.
| past such dues have been allowed To
| run on and the mining title be cuu~ia
| cred good il they were paid IN \ lnfnn
| In fact 4 man might have taken out
| d claim TO Il property twenty-five
years ago and paid only for his hr
| papers Every one would suppoS.
| the title to have lapsed. and another
| cla INFANT, taking il up and working
II, might then lind that the first claim
ant had 1t last paid his back dues
as whole, and that has original title
was good. This new law Will pre-
| vent any such action and Will pat
| Bolivia on ii sound mining Investment
! basis.
During my stay in Peru | asked
as 10 l., q
there. | learn that they are excel
lent. and that such property Is more
easy to acquire and hold than IN the
| United States Every Peruvian dis
trict has its mining delegate, and any
one foreigner or native, may go be-
fore him and claim mining property.
This is called the announcement. and
the claimant pays u fee for 1t. This
fee is for the registration and the
advertise ement. of the claim in two
designated journals. II gives the dis
: coNerer the right to the claim for fiN @
= months from the date of filing his
papers, and if at the end of that time
he still wishes to hold the property
? | the mining delegate will fix the corner
stones and give him possession. After
t | that the only payment required IL
e | continue the claim is IN annual tax
y Of SIS, and the claim holds good
as long as the money is paid A.
= and the Americans tell me that the
e foreigner has just good a chance
Y to hold and to work his mines as tn,
- natives.
5. The great trouble to PeruV ar
! mines is the lack of transportation
q Said one Of the mining engineers .
i CerrO de PaSco: Il believe that TIN
e part of the Andes is about the highes
It mlnerallZed country on earth. bu
c also that the most of its minerals vii
IS not be available until railroads ar
rs built across the mountains and up an'
q down the plateau | have found min
is after mine that would make me mil
l. llOnaire many times over if | coul'
$ only get the transportation require
to bring the timber and coal to tn
e property and to transport the ore {
le the coast. Many of these We're oil
a Spanish workings that need only I
,e be reopened to make them pay vel
e Others were far off in the interior
he where he ore would have to be take
id out by llamaS or donkeys. The chi.
s thing We need here is roads and raj
le roads"
re FRANK G. CAR pFINT r. X.