El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-15

ested in the region is the Farquhal
/ syndicate, which has vast properties in
] Paraguay and Brazil ana which has tC
Z do with the building Of the MADEIRA
! Narmore railroad. far up the Amazon
I valley. Experimental wells are nov,
! being put down, and the prospect Of dis
I covering flowing wells is said to be
! good. The chief difficulty will be the
! getting Of the oil TO the market. The
/ distance across country TO the Atlantic
/ seaboard in straight line is consider
/ ably more than 1000 miles, and this viii
necessitate the pumping Of the oil over
! the high plateau Of Brazil If a pipe line
Should be run from the lower end of the
field down to Asuncion in Paraguay.
and thence through the Parana valley 10
Buenos Aires the distance would be
almost twice as great, but the slope
would be gradual and uninterrupted all
the way TO the sea Such a pipe line
would have the markets of the fast pop-
ulatinl country Of Argentina on the
way, and the oil would command a
ready market there for both fuel and
lighting.
been discovered in this part Of the
world. There is said-tO be some in the
northern part Of the Peruvian Andes
and on the coast OF southern Chile
there are great beds that run far out
under the Pacific ocean.
Gold AbOunds.
As to the gold OF eastern Bolivia. the
indians have for ages been washing II
out from the headwaters OF the Benz.
and the gravel Of that stream shows
color all the way down to the Amazon
It is believed that a great part OF the
treasures Of the Incas came from the
Benz; and the English and American
miners are prospecting in that region
today
Gold is being found in Matte Crosse.
just across the borders from eastern
Bolivia They are working placers in
the provinces Of Santa Javier and also
IN Santa Rosa, where during the dry
season they bore from 30 to IS feet
down into the beds Of the canals and
wash the dirt Many of the rivers OF
eastern Bolivia have never been pros
pected. They have deep undercurrent.
and run over slate and granite so thar
the rough tools and clumsy methods so
far used have not proved efficient, ex-
cept where there are alluvial deposits
thrown up by the streams These de-
posts are usually about three or four
feet wide and Of about the same deDtb
Some gold IS being found in the River
Quisere, which is about so miles long
me Qulsere flows over a bed Of quartz I
upon which IS an alluvial deposit con- /
tanning gold that could be worked by /
he use Of dredges. There are also
luartz deposits in the neighborhood OF 4
-hese rivers, and the placer miners re- I
port the finding Of quartz, visibly in I
trusted with gold There is one quartz 4
EAAA III SANTA LlOSe1r called the elem nLe- /
whose every test shows gold.
The great difficulty, however, Is In 1
ne getting in Of machinery and the re-
lucIlon OF the ores SO far there ara
no means OF transportation.
Railroad Era Is Starting.
South America is al the beginning Of
great railroad era New lines are being
.uilt in nearly all OF the republics Of
he southern half Of the continent. and /
many roads have been protected 10 I
pen up new territory. There are sew
raj already planted and surveyed that
an materially affect eastern Bolivia.
ne Is the extension Of the AntOfagasta I
ailFoad which runs from the Pacific
ceen across the desert TO the great tin
inning town OF Uyuni, and thence on
o the plateau OF the Andes, ending
ere at La Paz- This line has built a
ranch from Uyuni to the town of Tu-
ia, and II is now within a short dis
ince OF the Argentine railroad system.
My about 100 miles remain to be
lllt, but when this is completed there ]
Ill be a trauscOnunental route across
olivia from the Pacific ocean to the Z
Ilantic- This road viii pass through Z
he southern part Of the country. and
OF very far away from the oil fields
Another possibility Of opening IN
lstern Bolivia lies in the railroads the Z
Z azlllans are building into Matte Gros- {
, Ihey have surveyed lines to con-
seI the Atlantic seacOast at the bay
- 4 -iO-s-o WIN LLe cdLlle regions
Matte Crosse within a short distance
the Bolivian boundary.
Packing Houses at Sac PauIO.
The pastures Of MattO Crosse will !
lpport millions Of stock. and they are
lly about as far from Sac Paulo. the
eat city Of southern Brazil. as from :
ew York to Cleveland. The Brazil I
and & Cattle company has formed an
lance with one OF the large packing ,
Of the United States. and ! Z
ey are now erecting packing houses 7
Sao Paulo- The cattle of Matte I /
-osso Will be sent there bv railroad / /
ID viii be killed, dressed and frozen Z
eparatory to their export to the I Z
ltted States and Europe I
Another probability Of the near fu- 1 :
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