The earth and its inhabitants .. . ange. La Placilla is notconnected by a branch with the main line, as the output, which in favourableyears amounts to £2,500,000, has greatlj^ fallen off. Leaving this arid region, where pi-ovisions, fuel, water and all other supplieshave to be biought from long distances, the miners have penetrated along theline of the new railway into Bolivia, whither they have been attracted by theIluanchaca mines, richer even than those of Caracoles. The railway is carried by 454 SOUTH AMERICA—THE ANDES EEGIONS. a viaduct, 1,170 feet long and nearly 400 feet high, across t
The earth and its inhabitants .. . ange. La Placilla is notconnected by a branch with the main line, as the output, which in favourableyears amounts to £2,500,000, has greatlj^ fallen off. Leaving this arid region, where pi-ovisions, fuel, water and all other supplieshave to be biought from long distances, the miners have penetrated along theline of the new railway into Bolivia, whither they have been attracted by theIluanchaca mines, richer even than those of Caracoles. The railway is carried by 454 SOUTH AMERICA—THE ANDES EEGIONS. a viaduct, 1,170 feet long and nearly 400 feet high, across the Eio Loa, where aresituated the two little stations of Culama, Queen of tlie Desert, and C/iiiic/iiit. CoPIAPO SkRENA COQUIMHO. South of Antofagasta follow along the rocky, treeless seaboard a number oflittle towns and ports, all owing their existence to the mining industries. One ofthese stations has received the name of Blanco Encalada, in memory of one of the Fig. 172.—CoiIAPO AMD ITS MiNBXAL 1 : .-s^Uj ??J-! r, , V , ,^J<U. U^llw.^ ^s^ !. Of /l
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