New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-27
CHIHUAHUA.
TIE GOLD AND SILVER MINES.

The particulars of the following information concern
inc the gold and silver mines of the State OF Chhuahus
are chiefly taken from a memoir written by Mexican
gentleman well acquainted with the subject. The orr
einal sper which was not intended for pubca ion,
dwens coed deal upon reflections suggested TO its
thor b, the manner in which Mexican might look upon
the facts he had to but out % the way if addressed
to the public of the United States These have been
omitted II has been thought proper, moreover,
range the material in different manner calcua.
ted I, convey clear idea of the subec under geo
orarhicsl point Of view and remarks on the natural
character of the nry aud the moral OF its nhab
taus so far a. connected with the subject have been
added Which, il believed. might be useful in enabling
persons Interested in this Kind o speculation 10 Judge
Of What general difficulties or facilities they would have
,o eSpect in ease they should feel inclined try their
fortune here.
The territory ofthe State of Chihuahua is rich ndder
emf metals Gold silver, copper, lead, iron, zinc and
manganese exist in s mountains in very considerable
quantities OF these, however, Only the first two pre-
cous metals are of importance in the present esnl)n
ofbe natural wealth OF the country Industry, TIL
has made too ltte progress here 10 ALLOW the rest to
take their rospe cve places in the inventory OF its
slrecources The following observations will there's
fore treat only Of the gold and silver mines OF these
the later are by far the Important Of them
having been at certain periods among the richest
cord in the history OF mining
The silver OF the western part of the State, Of the
hines of the Sierra Madre and its neghbOrhOot almost
ALWAYS contain greater smaller proportion OF g,l1,
which usually gives 10 the OF the alloy .us of
uine and half ten dollars While silver Of the common
decree Of neness paid by the mint of the State at the
rate of eight to eight and half dollars for marc or
ounces Under acertan ratio which rather high here
the separation of gold aud silver does not pay The min.
ot the State has the monopoly of this separation
and not only charges too high, but retains the
metal delivered TO il for that purpose one MONTH By
which al immense amount ofinterest is lost This may
be estimated from the fact that the poor miner need
cash has to pay for it, after the lapse Of one month in
bullion at loss of IL per cent
We hall now SPEAK first OF few gold mines then Of
the silver mines and finally add general remarks
ON the coutry in far its condition NAV have an
influence On mining enterprise.
Piacerts deposits Of god sand are said TO exist
the ella River There is however no authentic INF r.
nation in this respect and the gold OF MulatOs veil
as of Jesus Maria tie only two places to De mentioned
under this head is extracted by real mining process
from the rocks "a sth Some particular information
concerning these tive places shall be- given here
Nslatos-Ths place situated ia the extreme south
western corner of the state. l2O leagues distant from
the city Of chihuahua lis mines very rich al the
tine Of the SpaniaIds but have been abandoned since
their expulsion. From tine 10 time. hosrver, some
pcor people make living by cOectin. small portion
Of the precious metal AT the present time By Tar the
greater ra-t OF the gold and silver obtained from tue
mines Of his country is gathered and extracted ~ this
Kind Of mining squaie-s. who only MAKE use OF the
very poorest Of which tie or mining and Of
ueialiurpv bas 70 dispose In Mexican miners terms
/ they s-e SHOWN under the name u gaa5gsisos
L,us Mario nter ihe Ia, 81 of silver mlnes We shall
have 10 speak more extensively Of this place Its gold
MINIS however have also at times been verT ricb The
V;sa del Rosrri0 even lstely has Yielded $4,000 Of
cod every week At the present moment il i. abandon.
"A In 9, pera gold mines thought less valuable
hire Than silver mines They are less constant. the
stealing of the ore is easy, and ;her failure may
In ,hort tine destroy the capital invested.
MlNE,
.J,sss Maria-This famous mining place is town in
the sierra Msdre on the head waters Of the Rio Mayo
snTp.sr the frontier o the State Of sonora Immense
wealth vas e1tracted from the numerous mi1,s in ts
neishboIhood az the time OF the spaDisrds It, silver