The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-11-12


The huge scale upon which some OF
these ventures have been projected Is
brought out In an article In d Au-
gust humber Ct the Bulletin Of he
Pan American Union. Washington. D..
C.. by Mr. John Paul Bushnell tor
mcrly Of Washington bu, now located
al c-huquicamata. chile.
Among the enterprises enumerated
are the Armour packing plants in Ar
gentinn. the Dupont nitrate mines In
chile; tho Bethlehem steel oompany's
chile; the Morsan interests in the
Cerro de Pasco Copper company's
mines in Peru; the Braden Copper
company's extensive copper plant at
Rancagua. near Santiago. chile; and
last. but perhaps greatest of an. the
G~uggsnheim corporation. known as
the chile Exploration company. now
completing the gigantic copper indus
try AZ C-huquicamata. near the town
Of Calama. on the A%ntofagssta rail-
way.
The mineral region OF Chuquicama-
"a h. situated In the barren Chilean
'pampa l50 miles from the port Of
Antofaeasta, at an attitude Of $500
feet. and forty miles from the snow
capped peaks Of the Andes The ex-
istence Of the ore body has long been
known, n IN fact has been worked
on h surface for many generations
By the natives. also 70 a small extent
by English companies. II is a large
body OF disseminated orc Of consider
able length and breadth end OF un-
known depth. Samples taken at i.2o0
feet below the surface show copper
in greater quantities than near the
surface. The actual superficial area
showing copper cover more III $50.
acres.
Numerous mining n engineering
~ pnlems presented themselves. some
on account Of th4 character az the ore
IA others on account Of the location.
The eiectrolytic process for obtaining
the copper being decided upon. a trc-
mcndous amount Of electrical power
VAS required. owing 10 mo saarcity
Of rivers or water from any source 10
this immediate section. d was found
necessary 10 build "a power plant on
the coast al Tocopilla and 20 carry
the power Of 10000 volts by d trans
mission line of 100 miles ia length to
the mill site az Ch-uquicamata Incl
deutuliy new types Of towers and in
suiutofs were devised by the conn
plnys experts. who also 0yercumc the
problems attendant on the quick tem-
reraturc rises and the high altitude.
Water Tor general as well as for doe
nestle uso was mode available by the
ouilding cd many pipe lines from the
untain streams of the Andea and
pumpins 81 long distances 10 the stor
ago tanks on the property. The wa
ters ot these streams. however. are.
not potable. because OF the great
amount Of nitrate IN Inc soil through
which they pass. and consequently tne
drinking water has 10 be- brought by
tank ours from springs az Paniri and
Tatio n Bolivia. The min IS three
quarters Of "a mile from th, mine
proper and IS connected Herewith ny
a railroad of standard gauge which
Uses large locomotives of tho latest
type, imported from the United
States.
According 10 Mr.. bushnell. DE min
ing camp H. a model OF is kind Care
tut attention has boon gfyon 90 the
hNiug conditions n accommodations
of The employees. Thcre are now
about $50 North Americans aud El.
Iopeans and more than 5000 native,
housed ON the property. To meet ihc
question 81 sanitation cffciouog tna.
company secured the services of ono.
OF General Gorens' stan at Panama
Policing is done hy "a company OF p,r-
fN'N NH|HN' fI AnI.N
WI" have quarters az the CAMP. Many
pians have been laid for the better
meHt OF camp NE Spacious club
houses for both North Americans and
natives are 10 Dee provided with BILL
lard rooms, swimming pools. etc
tehoolhouses and churches are boin,
erected trees gnd gardens are 10 3D.
supplied. streets and roads ar, g. lo
improved. ana AN extensive farm.
here fresh vegetables. Trusts. etc.
VIII be- raised for The direct consump-
tion Of the employees b. 10 be- nddea
The cost Of the great undertaking inns
heen enormous, ana that before
pound Of commercial copper could be-
produced % has beer a DARING one
tcrprire hut the plant stands todf,y a
complete success a new departure ,u
th' production Of copper. "a model
mining camp, a one Of tho greatest
copper producing industr .s Of ubaI
world.