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Bolivian Gollectine; Stations, 1936. 
LlallagU£x ^ Dept . Potosi (13,000 to 14,000 ft) 
TTii s i s““tlie ^ n am e ' “or'TEe “Ta t imT^'ti n ^inTn¥7Qn “aTHiran chi 
line of—the R,R.running s.e -.-£go m j Ka -cliaTeaBiaT^ caya -— 
distance of kilometers from that plaqe. The line 
sTairts climhing ■vallhy ‘from K 
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:amarca,past 
-Playa -¥-er4e—and^-Juran-uni -and - eros s e-s-^he—di-vide-at 
about 14,200 feet,at K,If.67, then .drops dov/n to the 
Xl‘aTlagua ‘‘Sfatro'h.at 13,332 fti The mine lies in' 
-thre—m-oun^ta in- — ab-o^e — and — be-l-on^- - th e — o t a t m n j wmrl e — the* 
main camp(called Sigle Yiente)lies just below the 
station, op the “slope nf the ‘mountain "funning down 
to — a — roi-tho r - - deep — ^m.-l^tey-,- runn i-n-g more — or — lees — eas t 
and west. Work was done here from May 5th to I.!av 
■‘and aTthough" the rainy" season had "but ‘shoftly ended 
.ev erything w as p a rodi ed an d dr y.- du e to t h e l ack of 
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rain^duringt he seas on just elosed. The wholq c oun try 
as well as Peru has suffered a severe droughth during 
-the- rainy - season- of 1955-19-36 (?loy. to Apr tl|-.- 
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Tothe east of the Llallagua Station the land slop- 
slopesoff "to a "large pampi,',witF some' hills at east 
side e^ndr-seuth--sid-e-,-then - hreaks--p^ff 'into- a,--rather - 
deep valley running north and south,whicji meets_ the__ 
valley qoming dow"n" "from'"above"'Llallagii'^^^ Below the 
-j-unction of — th-e -two--is—the- large—artirfi-ciaP . lake - 
whieh supplies power for the P a tina Min es. T hi s l ak e 
eet,I should judge 
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lies at about 11,8Q 
. —Below Siglo Xiente, about-three miles-^ are the 
Fills which care for the ore,as well as _the shoPs 
and administrative offices and' Fospital. "Fiis pamp' 
i-s-eal-l-ed Osrtavi .-ahd — that" -ie—whore-we — were—located"i 
_ All h_irds ta ke at level of_ Gatayf or he lowqare 
iahell"ed''Gatavi, while "all taken'higher, up, either' 
■on—the moun ta tn -haek-—of — XXall agua -St ~a ti o n — © r — oie-the 
hi 11 s ac r o s s the vail ey__ t o th e no r th, ar e)^ lab el 1 ed 
Llallagua. The pampas and 'valleys proved to be very 
dry- and- - almois t -deveid- ■ of -any . vegetat i on--beyond -a 
spa^rse , 1 ow grov/th of grass.; in places.n ov/ completely 
dried up. On the steep slopes of the mountains,aR 3 idst 
the :brpk-en--roeic-and 'bouldersthe- gras S“was-more“''abrihd 
a_nt, consisting . of .both . shp_rt . F;ra,3s a.nd the c omm on 
tall,hunch-grass,with sharp points and thick,tough 
■st-ernsr - Aieovsimll- perennials 'e,nd”annuals“wwe'^i duhd 
1 n the mo .re 
! 1 t.e r e d.__s.p o t s., e s.p e dal Ixt-a-1-.the- ha s e-ef 
cliffs and in the cracks and crevices of the cliffs 
Plrep 6“'' were'‘“by ■■ f a r’'th‘e'"'b e s‘t"" c 
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1 0 c all t i -e s ,d .an g. .the -has-e s- o-f-the- - c 1 i f f s - and-on- the 
steep rocky - slopes. Put'few species Yfere found out 
on the dfy,pafched pam'’pas. Geo's'itta cuniculari- 
wa S_ j£o-und_.Q‘nly:_. o n--th e-pa 
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