MINING FOR MUMMIES

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 50, 28 February 1931, Page 19

MINING FOR MUMMIES

In-"Under Peruvian Skies" A. Hyatt Verrill says that, seen from the sea, tho country looks dreary enough:. "Very desolate, a dreary, repellant coast with dull brown mountains like crinkled wrapping-paper rising in tier after tier- to the clouds. Seamed, scarred, austere, with never a touch of green, or a sign of life, they appear like a dead world." Lima, the capital,1 however, is lively enough: "Practically every thoroughfare in and about the city is of concrete or asphalt. Two magnificent motor highways connect Lima with Callao. . . Another extends - from Lima to Choeiea, 3000 ft above the- sea in the foothills of the Andes. . . The city contains nearly 200 miles of asphalt and concrete highways, and traffic is as well regulated as in any city of Europe." The shops, one is told, vie with those of the Rue de la Paix and Regent street. i Mr. Verrill engaged in the strange business of mining for mummies, and [made some interesting finds,' among I them a prehistoric flapper's vanity bag with mirror complete! ;