. Factory and industrial management . BOLIVAR PARK, MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA. THE GOLD-FIELDS OF THE FORCE RIVER. 985. GENERAL VIEW OF MEDELLIN, SITUATED ON THr. \ FORCE. bearing quartz veins of great value, while many of its streams havevalley deposits of placer gold of almost incredible richness. Nearly1^150,000,000 in gold have been taken out of the mines of this Stateduring the present century, although most of the workings there havegenerally been limited to surface deposits easy to reach. A very largeproportion of this amount has been taken from placer deposits in thevalley of the Force
. Factory and industrial management . BOLIVAR PARK, MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA. THE GOLD-FIELDS OF THE FORCE RIVER. 985. GENERAL VIEW OF MEDELLIN, SITUATED ON THr. \ FORCE. bearing quartz veins of great value, while many of its streams havevalley deposits of placer gold of almost incredible richness. Nearly1^150,000,000 in gold have been taken out of the mines of this Stateduring the present century, although most of the workings there havegenerally been limited to surface deposits easy to reach. A very largeproportion of this amount has been taken from placer deposits in thevalley of the Force, a river that has long been known to be exceed-ingly rich in gold. This river, which seems to be of comparatively recent origin, hasits source in the heart of Antioquia, near the city of Medellin, anddrains northwardly, between the two ranges of the Cordilleras, througha distance of about 175 miles, to its junction with the Nechi. Througha good portion of this length it is fed by mountain streams and tor-rents that have cut their way, in deep canons, across the flanks of theCordilleras, and that bring into
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