4 o SELLING LATIN AMERICA 
asses; 90,000,000 sheep; 4,000,000 goats and 
3,000,000 pigs. 
Nature seems content in having blessed this 
country with fertile pampas and agricultural 
lands, consequently there are comparatively 
few minerals within its territory. There are 
however some veins of gold, silver, copper and 
wolfram. Petroleum has recently been dis 
covered, but not in large quantities. There is 
no coal in the Argentine, but in some sections 
bogs of peat cover extensive areas and await 
development. 
To the north and in the interior are forests 
of valuable woods, there being over thirty- 
three species of commercial value. Que 
bracho wood is found in the provinces of 
Santa Le, Santiago del Estero and Corrientes. 
It is very hard, impervious to moisture and 
will not rot. Due to these admirable quali 
ties it was formerly used for sleepers for rail 
ways but now owing to the fact that it is ex 
cessively rich in tannin it is used almost ex 
clusively for the purpose of curing leather. 
Lormerly it was exported in large logs to Eu-