Show CHEVROLET NEWS STORY Transport transportation atio n ot of heavy supplies up steep mountain trails formerly traversed only by burros and llamas to bolivian mines located to feet above sea level in the andes range has boon been solved by tho the uso use ot of light automobile trucks chov bolets figure in fleets recently purchased by mine operators lit in south america centuries ago the incas first developed these mines located in the most inland ranges the spanish conquistadores envious of the indians wealth mado made short work of reducing the native population to a condition of slavery and supervising the production ot of gold in later years silver and tin thi have been tile tho most profitable metals produced in bolivia with operations seriously handicapped by the inaccessibility it if the mining sites until a year ago barroa and llamas carrying a maximum load of pounds each and tr traveling only 20 miles dally daily were relied upon to transport supplies to tho the sky lino operating centers and to carry down to sea hoard board and railroads rall roada tho the refined motala metals enormously heavy ovon in ill small quantities Improve improvements montH in mining practice wore were impossible until bettor better distributing methods were available notwithstanding roads which were only rough halls covered with rocks and tile alio tact fact that an automobile motor ordinarily loses 30 to 35 per cent of its power when operating in the atmosphere of high altitudes chevrolet trucks have practically superseded per pers eded tho the pack animals one light trucks of 0 the chevrolet type carrying 2000 pounds and covering miles dally daily does doea tile the work of burros or llamas and cuts transportation charges exactly in half perhaps tit in no other locality in the world aro are automobiles subjected to such severe tests of lhoir stamina and power as in tile the andes ranges where road building Is of tile the most primitive type recognizing tho the nee alec of good roads as being oven even greater than railroad transportation tile tho Dol bolivian lylan government has om em barked on oil an extensive road building campaign to further the use uno of automobiles |