Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...Santiago, 1894.1 The production for 1903 was distributed among the various provinces as follows: According to the Estadistica Minera de Chile en 1903, Santiago, 1905, Merton reckons the copper produced in Chili during that year to have been 30,930 tons. The most productive mines lie between 26 and 30 south latitude, in part in the Atacama district. At its zenith, from 18(50 to 1885, Chili 1 Vogt, ' Die Statistik des Kupfers,' Ztit. f. prakt. Gent., 1896, p. 89. produced some 40,000 tons annually, a production which subsequently decreased to 20,000-25,000 tons; only however to rise again considerably of late years. The great fall in production from 1885 to 1900 was due to the particularly low price of copper, and to political disturbance. The statement sometimes heard that the copper lodes rapidly pinch out in depth or become completely impoverished, is incorrect. According to Schneider in 1910, none of the long-established mines were then exhausted, though some had reached a vertical depth of 600-800 metres. The more important mines are: Collahusai in Tarapaca; Chuquicamata in Antofagasta; Guanaco with very auriferous copper ores, and Paposo with a vertical depth of 400 m., in Taltal; Descubridora de Caiizalillo, 650 m. deep, and Fortunata de las Amimas, 430 m. deep, in Chanaral. In Copiapo, the important Dulcinea mine, 800 in. deep, and the Cerro Blanco and Ojanco mines, 380 m. deep, near Remolinos, with auriferous copper ore. In Vallenar i Freirina, Carizal-Alto, 414 m. deep. In Elqui i la Serena, the celebrated La Higuera mine, 350 m. deep, and the Brillador, 550 m. deep. In Coquimbo i Qualle, Zannhillo, 200 m. deep, and Tamaya with the Rosario mine, 590 m. deep. And finally, Desengano in the neighbourhood of Santiago. The famous Chanaricillo silver mine...
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