Selling Latin America

Bibliographic data

Monograph

Identifikator:: 101030657X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-41609

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Aughinbaugh, William E.

Title:: Selling Latin America

Place of publication:: Boston

Publisher:: Small, Maynard & Company Publishers

Year of publication:: 1915

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 408 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2018

Collection:: Economics Books

Usage license:: Get license information via the feedback formular.

Chapter

Document type:: Monograph

Structure type:: Chapter

Title:: X. Colombia

Collection:: Economics Books

COLOMBIA 121 ably. Hides to the value of $2,661,721 were exported last year, the United States taking by far the greater portion. Some 30,000 alli gator skins are sent annually to the leather markets of Europe and America. Excellent hard, cabinet and dye woods are to be found toward the interior, but the poor transportation facilities retard the develop ment of trade in this field. Colombia’s chief wealth is in her mines. There is much gold, also iron, silver, lead, cop per and coal. In the production of platinum this country ranks next to Russia. Petroleum is found and the petroleum industry is rapidly assuming large proportions. Practically all the emeralds of the world to-day come from Colombia, this precious stone being worth more per carat than diamonds. The govern ment controls the exploitation of emerald mines, leasing them to operators. The chief groups of mines are the Muzo, the Coscuez, the Chivor and the Cuincha, the first named having a yearly output of 262,348 carats of the first water, 467,690 of the second, 22,700

Access restriction

Copyright

fullscreen: Selling Latin America

Monograph

Chapter

Table of contents

Download

Monograph

Chapter

This page

Image fragment

Citation links

Citation recommendation