A LONGITUDINAL JOURNEY THROUGH CHILE 



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A BARGE-LOAD OF COPPER 



One of the copper deposits in northern Chile is said to be the largest of its kind in the 

 world, with the possible exception of a Peruvian copper property not yet thoroughly prospected. 

 Nitrate and copper to-day, and manganese, perhaps, to-morrow, guarantee Chile's economic 

 place in the world's markets. 



Metal mining dates back to the days 

 when the Chilean aborigines paid tribute 

 to the Incas in gold and silver. Nitrate 

 and copper to-day and manganese, per- 

 haps, to-morrow guarantee the nation's 

 economic place in the world's markets. 

 Cobalt, nickel, lead, and sulphur are 

 mined. 



Two rival American mining companies 

 operate gigantic copper properties. I 

 visited one camp, a transplanted Amer- 

 ican city with 15,000 inhabitants, where 



good old U. S. A. jazz resounded by 

 night through the canyon. One of these 

 properties is the largest of its kind in the 

 world, with the possible exception of a 

 Peruvian copper mine not yet thoroughly 

 prospected. By the electrolytic method 

 here employed, the purest copper is pro- 

 duced. 



We met a group of engineers and 

 geologists, representing a Japanese syndi- 

 cate, exploring Chile's undeveloped min- 

 eral wealth. They proposed to acquire 



