Show navigation OF A RIVER OPEN UP GREAT MINERAL WEALTH IN NICARAGUA correspondence ot the associated frees managua nicaragua aug 18 gen aurella haa resigned as governor general of tho atlantic coast ct nicaragua ex supreme judge tl G bunilla Bun llla abo la friendly dis toward the government and peo yle of the united states haa been nominated as his successor to reside at dr pedro bermudez a graduate 0 the university ot pennsylvania haa been appointed surgeon ln ahlet ot the atlantic coast ot nicaragua carloa A lacayo has been nominated as nicaragua n consul at san francisco cal the congress of nicaragua has granted a concession to jose D gomez a prominent politician and president of congress to navigate by steam power ahe rio coco near the northeastern boundary of nicaragua and the largest and longest river in the country it is obstructed for the last miles of enormously large trees in its course by its channel that have been uprooted from the banks and carried down and deposited in the bed ot the stream by heavy floods thus impeding navigation except by canoes this river rises in northwestern nicaragua in the mountain system ot nueva vla among undeveloped mines ot gold silver copper and iron and near caps gracyas A aloa it flows through heavily timbered districts rich in mefail the 27 miles ot cascades and falls terminate miles from mouth ot the river it Is navigable from the tails to the mouth containing about tour of water during the dry season all the rich placer gold mines of the cape gracyas and prinz districts are south ot the river between the falls and the caribbean aea tho opening of this river to steam navigation means the development ot heavy timbered districts ot mahogany spanish cedar etc and rich mineral regions the valleys are bwy fertile |