252 REVIEW OF THE 



CHAP. XXV. 



If TruS ^ e mmes of Hualgayoc and the adjoining hills 

 now de- are the richest in Peru. The average returns for 



partment of 



Libertad. many years were seven hundred thousand dollars, 

 but since 1802 the produce has gradually de- 

 creased, and yielded in 1825 only three hundred 

 and seventy thousand dollars. Two British mer- 

 chants have lately purchased some very valuable 

 mines in these hills, and have proceeded to Eng- 

 land for the purpose of engaging engineers and 

 purchasing machinery. 



intendancy The celebrated mines of Pasco are situated in 



of Tarma, 



now dfr. this department. They abound in silver, copper, 

 innin. iron, and lead, and good coal is also found in the 

 same neighbourhood. These mines, about the 

 year 1794, are said to have yielded more than two 

 million dollars. An English company has pur- 

 chased some of the principal mines of Pasco, but 

 doubts are entertained as to the permanency of 

 this company, as the subscribers are alarmed at the 

 expenses already incurred and at the still further 

 calls upon them. 



mines in this department, though at work 



merit, of j n 1820, are all now abandoned. 



Lima. 



intendancy The mines in this department formerly produced 

 manga, now considerable quantities of silver, but are now aban- 



department 



ofAyachuco. doned from having become inundated, and thus 

 requiring a large capital to render them again pro- 

 ductive. 



now n d d e partl Tne mines of Callioma are still productive, but 

 Arequip f a. ^ rom t ^ lose ^ Huantajaya and Santa Rosa only a 



