. The earth and its inhabitants ... , the still untouched depositswould hold out against this prodigious rate of production for half a century, duringwhich the English capitalists and the Chilian Government would share betweenthem immense profits. But, as in the case of the guano beds, these anticipationsmay perhaps not be realised, and the deposits may be exhausted sooner than has 452 SOUTH AMEEICA—THE ANDES EEGIONS. been announced by the founders of the industry. Meanwhile, however, these aridregions, which seemed condemned to solitude, have developed a movement ofexchanges far more extensiv
. The earth and its inhabitants ... , the still untouched depositswould hold out against this prodigious rate of production for half a century, duringwhich the English capitalists and the Chilian Government would share betweenthem immense profits. But, as in the case of the guano beds, these anticipationsmay perhaps not be realised, and the deposits may be exhausted sooner than has 452 SOUTH AMEEICA—THE ANDES EEGIONS. been announced by the founders of the industry. Meanwhile, however, these aridregions, which seemed condemned to solitude, have developed a movement ofexchanges far more extensive than any other mining or agricultural district inChili. Thus is supported a large export trade not only through Iquique and Pisagua,but also through several intermediary ports. Caleta, one of these ports, com-municates with the works by an automatic railway, on which the trucks movealong an inclined plane 2,620 feet high. A labouring population of nearly 30,000, Fig. 171.—NiTEATE AND SaLT WoEKS OF TaEAPACA. Scale 1 : 400, SaffrisstSr^sna/es^^:^^^- ^^Sj V^/est oP , 02 Miles. including women and children, has been attracted to this industrial centre. Boli-vian traders and carriers come to share in the general movement, while water,vegetables and other jDrovisions are supplied by the village of Tica, in anupland Andean valley south of Tarapaca PaTILLOS MeJILLOXES—AXTOFAGASTA. Patillos, or the Ducklings, so named from three islets which seem to floatabout in the middle of the bay, takes part in the nitrate business, though to a farless extent than Iquique, its railway communications not being yet completed.
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