Transactions . werepractically abandoned. No further interest was shown in this manganese businessuntil 1890, when Mr. A. M. Potvin, a native of Canada, beganprospecting for gold and silver on the Isthmus, and whilesearching for those metals in the neighborhood of Viento Friowas told that one of his native guides, during a hunting tour,had come across a very rich coal-mine, five or six miles fromthe coast. Samples of the discovery were secured, and whenthey were taken to Colon, what was thought to be coalturned out to be manganese-ore. Mr. Potvin then associatedhimself with Mr. John ]ST. Popha
Transactions . werepractically abandoned. No further interest was shown in this manganese businessuntil 1890, when Mr. A. M. Potvin, a native of Canada, beganprospecting for gold and silver on the Isthmus, and whilesearching for those metals in the neighborhood of Viento Friowas told that one of his native guides, during a hunting tour,had come across a very rich coal-mine, five or six miles fromthe coast. Samples of the discovery were secured, and whenthey were taken to Colon, what was thought to be coalturned out to be manganese-ore. Mr. Potvin then associatedhimself with Mr. John ]ST. Popham, an American residing onthe Isthmus, and Mr. Jos. Piza, an English merchant estab-lished in Panama, for the purpose of placing the newly-dis-covered deposits in the market. It is very easy to secure mining-titles in Colombia, especiallyif, as in this case, the mineral is found on government is then only necessary to denounce as mineral land the tract MANGANESE-DEPOSITS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PANAMA. 65. 66 MANGANESE-DEPOSITS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PANAMA. desired; and after paying a very small fee and complying withsome regulations to ascertain that there are no previous claim-ants, the title is awarded to the petitioner. The law fixes alimit to the extent of each claim, but not to their were secured for two adjoining properties comprisingthe deposits in question, and they were called the Nispero andthe Soledad. The latter was named after the first lady of theland, the wife of the late President Xuhez, and the former afterthe hill where the manganese was found. The three gentlemenmentioned also secured by purchase the titles to the propertythat had been previously worked by Mr. Adolfo Steffins. made several trips to the United States for the pur-pose of interesting American capitalists in the enterprise, andconducted all the negotiations which finally culminated in theorganization of the Caribbean Manganese Company. Theproperty was first brought to
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