Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-04-01
MINES DE nInX1cn

The Louisville, Ky Patriot oftbe 9Th ;nstont
say s;-"We have had the pleasure of CONVEX,
sing with an intelligent gentleman now At this
pace VINO has spent eight months at one of the
mines "l AeNico. This gentleman has been en-
S'S'" dt the thlne de San Joseph del Cruro at
= ''hoscaitepec, about 100 miles from the Civ of
Mexico. lie was employed hv the celebrated
College Of Mines, to drain th;s nine oe ,bl,
ler which had overflowed it 70. C yoar- ard ,.n-
uereu IL utterly unpr-'ductive Tins he effected
WIN uers oil lifting pumps, wpl s,ng INTO inter
heuiate reservoirs, and not oniy freed The ,niua
from the overflow, but left it in situation to
De Kept tree by the pumps. This rnachinerv
was made by M'Queen of New Yorl,. and CON,
sisted OF a 30 horse power.-At this mine the
,,''''erdi was raising, when our informant left
.ne county, here were six steam machines
!" oPerauon' some ota go horse power, and ma
ny Oh The mines were, after twenty wears susnen
SION rapidly recovering their lucrative charac-
Ter through the mechanical i1renuifv and &C.
tive eXertion of our countryp.en and ol,ar g.
relGherS'--in addition to this intelligence we
are enabled to state, that an English gentleman
- company with native MeNcau from lie ce-
ieoraIed mines of Cato.ce, In the 1rori5ce cl
San LOUIS de PostOsi, about 81. OF can ,rilee
from the city have lately visited this pIace witb
leueis to d. Prentice, Esq. OF this town. for The
purpose OF procuring pipe at this fornderv tn
IAN 'lcHe MINES he; were ~ want OF 500
yards OF cast Iron pipe, which would cost about
, o'ooo' 6ut the cost of this machinery. : an
interior consideration to its Carriage t,,rourh !,
mountainous country. very imperfectly opened
with roads or supplied With carriages. TIE va
@es OF common labor al these mines, We under
stand do not exceed quarter of a dollar nor
day and tie labourers find themselves. The
ood OF these men IS of the simplest sort general
~ OF bread and stewed peppers. Uoon tlis
hight diet. scarcely ever partakinn Of meat ii,cy
perfor'nvery good work and MAINTAIN, exrplient
health and spirit. The arts of the countrv With
the exception of building. engraving. and the
manufactures oflace in the CITY, are generally
ID the love- est state. The ordinary though most
useful and comfortable trades ofthc 5hoe maker.
tailor, halter and smith, are in the rude,, siira
ton. One fact not generally known. 20 49,, ~
iStence of good and plentiful iron ore in ~.
country. The great difficulty is TO obtain wood
J MS article IS remarkably scarce in the noun
tains, consisting generally of a scrubby oak. al
though there Is a soft pine which is used # ia
carried seven miles by mules at Tamascaltepec
We delight in the prospect of new copnections
with our brethren of the South. What oner,.
tons OF commerce, can DE more delightful and
a0imating than the distribution of absolute rom
loIt and necessares through a country denied
Tor centuries, the most common enjoyment and
'"P'''V'''S' ''s VI CNhilIcu mani Here M these
more northern regions settled upwards Of cen
tuTy. and some, half as much more than the ne
NAL regions Of the South. we find an advance =,
the comforts the embellishments and the secpri-
ties OF iit', which naturally date our society en-
much earlier, rather than 50 much later than
theirs. Tins much for the energetic imppIsc
ofhberiv, the bard earned boon of .nr German
and Saxon ancestors. What reflections crowd
upon the mind, when we think ON The treasures
of the precious metals which must be poured
upon the world. and that in its present state of
superintendent capital, from the workings Of
the mines with augmented activity.