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Page 51
... mines around , there being no cultivation or any other employment in the immediate neighbourhood . The people are of a mixed descent , in which Indian blood predominates , then Spanish with a slight admixture of the Negro element ...
... mines around , there being no cultivation or any other employment in the immediate neighbourhood . The people are of a mixed descent , in which Indian blood predominates , then Spanish with a slight admixture of the Negro element ...
Page 82
... mines , or by small landslips stopping up our tramways and levels , or floods carrying away our dam or breaking our watercourses ; but after August we considered our troubles on this score at an end for the season . Occasionally the ...
... mines , or by small landslips stopping up our tramways and levels , or floods carrying away our dam or breaking our watercourses ; but after August we considered our troubles on this score at an end for the season . Occasionally the ...
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... mine , called San Benito , by which we brought down the ore to the stamps and the fire- wood for the steam - engine ... mines , and sheds at various parts to get into if one of the sudden heavy showers of rain came on ; and there were ...
... mine , called San Benito , by which we brought down the ore to the stamps and the fire- wood for the steam - engine ... mines , and sheds at various parts to get into if one of the sudden heavy showers of rain came on ; and there were ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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