Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1877 — Peru’s Silver Mines. [ARTICLE]

Peru’s Silver Mines.

The Cerro de Paxo mines in Peru are attracting general attention. The works are being pressed forward with all possible dispatch. A distinguished engineer has given his opinion that above the present water-level of the mines there are 250,000,000 tons of metal that will yield six marks, or S6O to the cajou of three tons—that is to say, S2O per ton. He says the Cerro de Paxo will produce more silver than all the mines in the world, ' - '