References to Santo Domingo or Inca Mining Co.
The Inca Rubber and Tambopata Rubber Companies
The rubber boom in Peru lasted from 1880 to 1912, but the peak of rubber extraction in Madre de Dios didn’t begin until after the turn of the century, due to its isolation. In order to encourage the building of economic infrastructure in these remote areas, the Peruvian government began granting land concessions to any company that would build roads, bridges or river ports. As a result in 1896, the United States owned Inca Mining Company purchased the right to mine gold along the upper Inambari River, and soon became the richest gold producer in Peru. The Peruvian government offered the company 2 million acres of land along the Tambopata River, as long as they constructed a mule road from Tirapata to Puerto Markham (the highest navigable point on the Tambopata). By 1908 the road was completed by the Inca Rubber Company, a subsidiary of the Inca Mining Company.
The road allowed rubber to begin flowing out of Madre de Dios, up the Tambopata River, and towards the coast. In 1902 the harvest of 13 tons of rubber had increased to 293 by 1909.
Tirapata, where there may be a pause of twenty minutes for breakfast,
is a place of considerable importance, headquarters for the Inca
Mining and Rubber Companies, where their wagon road begins towards
the Santo Domingo gold mines, their mining property at an altitude
of 7000 feet, and their rubber lands beyond. Eight thousand acres
of land were presented by the Government to this company for every
mile of road opened to traffic; and one was made across the plateau
northeasterly, as far as the mountains. Over the Aricoma Pass, 16,500
feet, and down the steep slopes through ravines and gorges on the
other side, a trail for mules is still the only pathway. Recently
a Concession has been granted to the Peruvian Corporation to build
a railroad from Tirapata or from Urcos to navigation on the Madre
de Dios, not to really deep water, but to a point accessible to
boats of two feet draught, perhaps at Tahuantinsuyo. This is likely
to be the third or fourth important route across Peru from the Pacific
to navigation on a tributary of the Amazon.
Harriet and Frank Adams finally got their chance to travel to
Latin America in 1904. Frank obtained work with the Inca
Mining and Rubber Company inspecting mines in Central and South
America, and the company would pay their passage!
The Alumni
WE ARE pleased to have been able to locate our friends and fellow-students. El Solano extends its best wishes and interests to all who have been connected with the S. P. U. H. S. May our love and respect for our High School always unite all of us who have passed so many happy days at the Santa Paula High School.
The High School takes pride in her graduates, and in return they are zealous for her high standard of excellence.
The following is a list of the graduates and their occupations:
1900
La Fayette Todd, Jr., with the Inca
Mining Co., Tirapata, Peru, S. A.
--E. W. '03
British in Peru (& Ecuador, Chile) 1909-11
Bertram SHARPE and John G UPTON were employees of Inca
Rubber Co, Tirapata
COMPAÑÍAS TELEFÓNICAS EN EL PERÚ (1906)
| 1. | Compañía de Teléfonos de Piura | 324.980 | Km |
| Conexiones telefónicas en diversas poblaciones | 88120 | Km | |
| Líneas de haciendas conectadas a la CTP | 403.900 | Km | |
| 2. | Empresa Telefónica de Piura | 189.900 | Km |
| 3. | Peruvian Telephone Company (Lima) | 2.992.000 | Km |
| 4. | Empresa de Teléfonos de Arequipa y Mollendo | 201.000 | Km |
| 5. | Inca Mining C. Tirapata (Puno) | 316.000 | Km |
| 6. | Empresa Telefónica de Chiclayo | 469 | Km |
| 7. | Compañía Telefónica de los Andes de Cajamarca | 330 | Km |
| Particulares conectados a la Empresa | 361 | Km | |
| 8. | Cía. Telefónica Trasandina de Trujillo | 338 | Km |
| Particulares unidos a la Empresa | 641 | Km | |
| 9 | Sociedad Telefónica de Trujillo | 734 | Km |
| Particulares unidos a la Empresa | 1.150 | Km | |
| 10. | Emp. de Telf. del departamento de Ica | 231 | Km |
| Particulares unidos a la Empresa | 261 | Km |
Fuente: Memoria de la Dirección de Correos y Telégrafos
del Perú (1905_1906).
González Prada dénonce aussi la politique raciale et sociale des Nord-américains : "En cuanto a los indígenas, les tratarán [los americanos de la "Inca Rubber"] con esa inefable conmiseración de que dan testimonio los negros y los pieles rojas" ("Los verdaderos salvajes", 1905, Prosa Menuda, p. 112) ; "[...] le execramos [al pueblo yankee] por su implacable ferocidad para con el piel roja, el negro y el huelguista." ("Mister Root", 1906, ibid., p. 150-151)
Nuevas exploraciones en la Hoya del Madre de Dios : Publicacion
de la Junta de Vias Fluviales. 1905, Lima, 185 p., 12x8.5”,
very nicely illustrated, including some amazing vintage photographs.
This is another rare publication by the Junta of Vias Fluviales
and it is full of great data. Contents cover MANY different rivers
which I presume are tributaries of Rio Madre de Dios, including
Tambopata, Tacuatimanu, Heath, Inambari, Tavara, a large of number
of trips in different areas, and other items such as Los Caminos
de la Inca
Mining Co., e Inca Rubber Co. (Fair/Good : Cover and two pages
nearest it are foxed. Corners and top edge bumped and spine ends
rough. Owner’s name on title page. About 1/3 of pages have
a mild water mark in upper blank margin – nothing stuck or
stiff. There is a empty plate pocket but I cannot find a description
of what was in the pocket - someone else said that it should have
contained 4 plates. Back cover has a chipped edge.) .ac $105
MENSAJE DEL PRESIDENTE CONSTITUCIONAL DEL PERÚ, AUGUSTO
BERNARDINO LEGUÍA SALCEDO,
AL CONGRESO NACIONAL, EL 28 DE JULIO DE 1912
Los caminos de Tirapata a Astillero, que dan acceso a la hoya del
Madre de Dios, han merecido especial atención. Por descuido
de la compañía constructora, que los administraba,
habíase obstaculizado el tráfico en ellos de tal modo
que eran ya innumerables las quejas de comerciantes, caucheros y
conductores, que con frecuencia veían perderse sus mercaderías
y acémilas. Para remediar tal situación, el Gobierno
prefirió asumir la posesión de esos caminos, para
darlos en administración bajo condiciones que consultasen
las facilidades del tráfico y el interés fiscal; entregándose
de esta manera a las compañías Inca
Rubber e Inca Mining las secciones comprendidas entre Tirapata
y Santo Domingo; y a la Sociedad Carpio Márqueze y Cía.
la sección final hasta Astillero. Con esta medida y el nombramiento
de un ingeniero que ejerce ya en dicha zona el cargo de inspector
técnico e interventor fiscal, se ha satisfecho, en gran parte,
el empeño del Gobierno por mantener inalterable el tráfico
con nuestros territorios del Madre de Dios.