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Excerpt from Nitrate and Guano Deposits in the Desert of Atacama: An Account of the Measures Taken by the Government of Chile to Facilitate the Development Thereof For some years past the rich deposits of Nitrate of Soda, and Guano, as also the Mines of Silver and Copper which exist in the northern extremity of the Chilian territory in the desert of Atacama, have excited much interest. Some bold explorers have undertaken and accomplished journeys of investigation, and sanguine capitalists have established enterprises for their development. But all attempts made by private individuals have met with considerable obstacles. The land is barren; supplies of potable water are frequently unattainable; it is cut oft from the sea by the coast-range of the Cordillera, and the existing means of communication are both sparse and costly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.