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The Broad Ax
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County County, Utah
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Peru's soil is rich in minerals like petroleum, sulphur, silver, lead, copper, coal, phosphate, quicksilver, gold, and borax across regions including Piuria, Cerro de Pasco, Arequipa, and Carabaja. 2,500 mines employ 70,000 workers; ore value up >50% since 1898.
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The soil of Peru contains the largest number of mineral species—at Piuria in the north, petroleum and sulphur; silver, lead, copper and coal in the great mining basin of Cerro de Pasco, in central Peru, and phosphate, quicksilver, auriferous grounds and borax at Arequipa, Carabaja, in the south.
At the present time the number of mines in exploitation is 2,500, employing 70,000 workmen. The value of ore has increased by more than 50 per cent within the last two years over that in 1898.
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Peru
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Present Time, Compared To 1898
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the value of ore has increased by more than 50 per cent within the last two years over that in 1898.
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The soil of Peru contains the largest number of mineral species—at Piuria in the north, petroleum and sulphur; silver, lead, copper and coal in the great mining basin of Cerro de Pasco, in central Peru, and phosphate, quicksilver, auriferous grounds and borax at Arequipa, Carabaja, in the south. At the present time the number of mines in exploitation is 2,500, employing 70,000 workmen.