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Show RICH GOLD MINES Those in Santo Domingo Said to Rival King Solomon's. Nearly Every Known Mineral I to Da Found In Dominican Republlo, According lo Consul' Report. Washington. I liivlux received nil-aieroua nil-aieroua Inqiilrle regurdliiR mining and mineral In the Dominican republic. Consul Itnlph J. Tottcn ol I'uerio t'lalt has prepared a aenvrul outline jf the Information obtainable. The moat Important at Ihe useful modern mine are cold, silver. Iron ore. copper ore, lignite, aall and ue truluem. (iold Is the only mineral that ban been worked lo any extent. In the time of Columbus tho Indian paid tribute In gold and In the year 14'JU tho records show the following mines or placer workings: La Vega. Ihe Cll.no. the Han Cristobal and the llu-enaveiituin. llu-enaveiituin. A cousldc ruble quantity of gold I ol thu present time wushed from the send of the Ynque, Verde, Hun, Jalna mid Moa rivers and their tributaries by the country people Willi the most primitive apparatua. II Is claimed that women often obtain two nr three ounces of gold per week In this niniitii.r. Lodes and gold bearing liinrlx are mentioned In anme ol the old reporfi, but no record enn be Iniind of ,,,iy attempt to work these mines self ailflcnlly. In fact, none ol the 11 ' in I nr. men now In this country lialin lo hue located quart veins 1I1.1I would sy fur the working Yt li' aie no doubt some gold de-loi-iis, r.ot inly In the river beds, bill :.Imi on ihe hills, that have never been iioilii'd, hii J there Is probably ronsld ctuMo gold remaining In the old work-luits work-luits that could be saved by modern inuchlneiy and dredges. The comli (Ions for working are good, there be-lux be-lux abundant wnier nml aultliient fall for drainage In most parts of the xold country. A great drawback Is the ex trenie dlllliulty encountered In gel-ting gel-ting machinery to the Interior, on ue count of the entire lack ol wagon roads. This office has record of four com pilules or Individuals now In this country, In ihe ceutrnl or northern portions, engaged In prospecting for minerals or In developing prospects previously locuted One company Is Instnlllug up-todnte machinery and dredges for thorough exploitation of Its property. It has been coin pel led lo transport all machinery, tools and supplies :ifi mile on pack horses and over ronds that seem at first glance lo be practically Impnssnblo. A to the value of the mineral deposits, de-posits, experts who have looked Into Ihe matter show considerable differ I ence of opinion. Don Juan Nlein y llurlcarrel, was sent by the tipnn sh government In 17U3 to study the mines and lode nf gold, , silver, copper, cop-per, Iron, alabnster and einernlds. Some of the old partially worked mines, ho asserts, were of extraordinary extraordi-nary rlchnes. Ho finished bis report by saying: "I enn compare this Isle to that of TarnUh. from which flolo nn drew Ihe gold which ho employed In the ornamentation of hi temple." Mr. W. 1'. Illake, geologist and miner nloglst, cnt by the American government govern-ment In 1871, also report the existence exist-ence of considerable mlnernl wealth In paying quantities. On the other hand, ftlr A. K Clelke. the well-known Kngllsh mineralogist, after making an 18 months' Investigation of the niln eral resource of tbe Island, report- ed that this country. In hi opinion. 1 wns a geological curiosity shop, con tnlnlng scattered samples of nearly every mlnernl. but none In sufficient qunalliles to bo nf cnuuuerclul value. The lad r sins that no mining pronoun Ion In Hie Dominican republic of lain years has proved successful, although al-though nothing has been attempted with abmiihitit capital and with mod ern irtbods and machinery. |