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Page 51
Negroes and Indians 51 hundred in number , are entirely dependent on the
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 ...
Negroes and Indians 51 hundred in number , are entirely dependent on the
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 ...
Page 82
Every year our operations were impeded by runs in 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 ...
Every year our operations were impeded by runs in 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 ...
Page 98
It intersected all the lodes we were working , and I constructed a tramway up it as
far as the most northern mine , called San ... I was almost daily up this valley ,
visiting the mines , or in the evening after the workmen had left , and on Saturday
...
It intersected all the lodes we were working , and I constructed a tramway up it as
far as the most northern mine , called San ... I was almost daily up this valley ,
visiting the mines , or in the evening after the workmen had left , and on Saturday
...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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