. Nature . Cupisnique, only 40 km. from the coast,we are up among rocky walls and desertfeatures that remind one of the Witte-bergen of South Africa (Fig. 1). Stein-man n has referred the coal-bearingsandstones at this point to the LowerCretaceous. In the extensive Pifiipataheld away to the north-east, above thelong Maranon valley, the coal is prob-ably of much the same age (p. 31).These Peruvian coals, which crop outon the hillsides, among strata thatcan be traced for miles across a rockycountry, are mostly anthracitic, with arather high percentage of ash; but aconsiderable future is predicte
. Nature . Cupisnique, only 40 km. from the coast,we are up among rocky walls and desertfeatures that remind one of the Witte-bergen of South Africa (Fig. 1). Stein-man n has referred the coal-bearingsandstones at this point to the LowerCretaceous. In the extensive Pifiipataheld away to the north-east, above thelong Maranon valley, the coal is prob-ably of much the same age (p. 31).These Peruvian coals, which crop outon the hillsides, among strata thatcan be traced for miles across a rockycountry, are mostly anthracitic, with arather high percentage of ash; but aconsiderable future is predicted for them, and the Depart-ment of Mining Engineers, as in other bulletins, soundsa patriotic note, and urges the Peruvians themselves todo something towards the development of their re-sources. The coast of southern Peru, and the Pampas west ofthe -Andes, are studied by Mr. V. F. Marsters in Boletin70 (1909). Here again the numerous illustrations appealto the geographer, and include several features due to.
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