URIQUE AND ITS MINES. 3°3 
beams at the lower end was found a num¬ 
ber of hides stretched, and naked men 
scraping them with sharpened stones. 
Despite the style of work, the leather 
they make is remarkably soft and pliable. 
An hour or two before our evening camp 
was made we were once more travel¬ 
ing along underneath the shade of the 
great somber pines, and the air seemed 
cold and unpleasant after our late tropical 
experience. As we had no tent with us, 
we simply spread our beds upon the soft 
pine needles and slept with the stars 
shining in our faces. At the first streak 
of daylight we were eating our breakfast, 
and shortly after were off over the vel¬ 
vety trail that led up the peaks and across 
many small barrancas toward the deep 
gorge in which was the celebrated Cerro 
Colorado mine. 
