. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . at Chuquiaguillo, near La Paz. In the firsthalf of the nineteenth centurj the Tipuani district,so difficult of access, was productive of gold of greatfineness, and in quantities verj- considerable for thattime, and the Tipuani mines are even now far fromexhaiLsted. Quartz gold is worked at Araca. Silveris very plentiful, and is extensively extracted inplaces. Native copper is mined at Corocoro, whereit crops out in veins of unusual richness and width,b
. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . at Chuquiaguillo, near La Paz. In the firsthalf of the nineteenth centurj the Tipuani district,so difficult of access, was productive of gold of greatfineness, and in quantities verj- considerable for thattime, and the Tipuani mines are even now far fromexhaiLsted. Quartz gold is worked at Araca. Silveris very plentiful, and is extensively extracted inplaces. Native copper is mined at Corocoro, whereit crops out in veins of unusual richness and width,but other copper ores are found in abundance late it has been estabhshed that Bolivia is probablyone of the countries in the world, where tin (cas-siterite) is most abundant, and the same may besaid of bismuth. While on the eastern slope of theAndes the existence of gold and other mineralwealth has been proved, the attention of prospectorsand miners has been turned chiefly towards the moun-tains themselves. The processes of mining andtreatment of the ores are still, in many places,rudimentary and primitive, but with the influx of. Mission Con-vent on the Rives Beni 12,500 feet above sea-level, 138 miles long from north-west to south-east, and of varjmig width, and Poopo,farther south. The eastern two-thirds of Bohvia,that section lying towards the Atlantic, is traversedby mighty streams (e. g. the Beni and ilamore) andtheir affluents, all of which rise in the central Boli\-ianchain. Bolivia has properly but two seasons: winter,corresponding io time to summer and part of fall andspring in the Northern Hemisphere, and summer em-bracing the rest of the year. The mineral resources of this repubhc are knownto be verj important, but as yet they have been onlysuperficially prospected. Difficulty of access tothe countrj, un-settled poUtical conditions in formertimes, and cimibersome, primitive transportationhave been the main cause of this upper regions of the A
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