CHILE 
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part of the country, they are not navigable, 
but by a proper system of conserving and stor 
ing their water might be made useful for gen 
erating power or light. 
Her extensive coast line gives Chile 59 
ports on the Pacific, most of which are open 
roadsteads and at certain times of the year 
positively dangerous, loading and unloading 
of vessels being done by means of lighters, 
ships being obliged to lie from one to two 
miles off the land. The principal ports from 
north to south in the order named are Arica, 
Pisagua, Iquiqui, Tocopilla, Antofagasta, 
Taltal, Caldera, Carrizal, Coquimbo, Val 
paraiso, Talcahuano, Coronel, Valdivia, 
Puerto Monte, Ancud, and Punta Arenas, the 
most southerly city on this continent and one 
of the big fur markets of the world. 
Chile is to-day spending millions of dollars 
on the modernization of her leading ports so 
as to properly safeguard life and property, 
but it will be years before this work is finished. 
Primarily the wealth of Chile comes from 
her nitrate beds and her mining possibilities.