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... valley of Depilto - Silver mine - Geology of the valley- Glacial drift - The glacial period in Central America- Evidence that the ice extended to the tropics - Scarcity of gold in the valley gravels - Difference of the Mollusca on the ...
... valley of Depilto - Silver mine - Geology of the valley- Glacial drift - The glacial period in Central America- Evidence that the ice extended to the tropics - Scarcity of gold in the valley gravels - Difference of the Mollusca on the ...
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... valley , opposite to my house , a branch valley came down from the north , which we called the San Antonio Valley . It intersected all the lodes we were working , and I constructed a tramway up it as far as the most northern mine ...
... valley , opposite to my house , a branch valley came down from the north , which we called the San Antonio Valley . It intersected all the lodes we were working , and I constructed a tramway up it as far as the most northern mine ...
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... valley of the Depilto . The river rises in the high ranges that form the boundary between Honduras and Nicaragua , and running down past Depilto joins the Ocotal river a little below the capital . Our road lay up the valley close to the ...
... valley of the Depilto . The river rises in the high ranges that form the boundary between Honduras and Nicaragua , and running down past Depilto joins the Ocotal river a little below the capital . Our road lay up the valley close to the ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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