New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-27
the Stale Of snaoa has two rich N Ing pieces They

are:
Mor.os. situated Colleagues south ofBsopss AM ~
l.srpe. south southwest of Chihushia The ores are
native silver very rich where they occur hat OF nfre
au.nt occurrence In the hall of the legislative Assem-
BY of Chihuahua Is piece OF silver IRON TINS place
worth go dollars Since the time of the >panards 40
mining has been done here The rock is hard TO work
the place is very much out OF communication, aud the
POPULATION is very scsnty These are disady sntages
bat there are also great natural advantages at this pace
very fine river affords all water power which could be
desired and the climate is very warm watch shortens
the process of amalgamation in a high degree
GnadaiHpe Cairo. This place - situated az the
bead water of the Rio de Culiacsn There is prin
cipal mine here which after having been worked by an
English and Mexican Company is now abandoned
The ores contain from u mares OF silver per carga
the marc from its alloy OF gold, being worth So aud
600CO0 cargas per annum having been extracted fet
with all this immense produce only y per cent was
gained the capital invested shch s ascrbed to bad
management
AZ The distance Of about 20 leagues south south
from the City of Chihuahua OF the tributaries Of
the Rio CoDchOs mining dsyic. whose center j, FL
PdrGi The number of nines around that place very
great The district has peculiar advsn'a ages The
country is fertile, the population dense. and labor
cheaper than in any of the other mining districts OF the
state. The ores of these mines of Two different
classes of them being t for cupelati0n, oshers
for malssmaton The latter are poorer, but. as the
process is cheaper, they are nevertheless the more
profitable
III faf5di UttlI rs plhct OF 10 -,lt iah1DN-
ante. Two different mines % De mentioned here
San Francisco del ORC, and La Cruz The Of the
hrst contain Of silver IN the OF those ar
for cspellaton and "a . mares in the buto OF four
earRas of those tit for amagamaton The latter are
the more frequent In the second mine. which Il
worked az the present moment the OF the first
class have IL to l3 the and those OF the
second class 10 to l. in the buto OF cargss
The process Of aGalgsmation il is conducted here,
axes or 10 DAYS
~ nj. bfeb stb raa f.a0 d-tan ny
from rbe Parrdi great number Of mines exist: they
are, however al flied with water with the single
cepon of La Catalonia. In this the cupelatlon ores
contain from To q in the carga the smalgama-
ton from q to q in tho buto OF four carsas As
The other mn.s OF this place. they all provided
vh tunnels by which, with small expense, the water
could be made to flow ont
San Diego Among the mines OF this place which Is
situated at tao leagues distance froH the PGrral the
more important are II Nopal La Te,a Grandc. La
HoEdq La Frarc,si7a, La QaebradUa, aud isrreaa'es
Their ores which IN very considerable quantities,
ccntsn IL 20 90 in the cargs when M tor cupel
laon and the quanrt! in the buito 81 four cargts
when fl tO- ANAL aWati0n. AL these mncs are free
from WAFER, bur all of them are worked ony by gam
tusluos
After al these statements have finally to speak Of
the niu,s Of Santa Eraa which though their are
If the poorest yc, by the immense quantity IA which
they occur have beer The richest source OF wealth 10 tins
State.
rounded by several hundred mines Is only i've leagues
distant from the city of chihuahua. where. ever since
t3. the have been ansported TOR thelr metal
hgcal treatment the situation ~ the MN stheSelves
being rather mfavofablc for that purpose Bs the i'm
u4rse wealth thus concentrated Chhuahua. the pOpu
laon Of this cty nos reduced L. 90 obabitahrs,
was rsi.,d AT the time ct the most prosperous ~ te of
h, hines Of >apta Eulaa. 10 the number OF 16n)J
In space of tEo square leagues all ne mountains OF
Santa Eulala contain silver More nan , 20 mnss have
been worked n these confines and there are more than
fffv IF Them hich have been sunk 10 the depth Ot 2O
ya,ds Some Of them extensive that one whole
day vii not he sufficient To all the different parts OF
one sin le mine.
In respect 70 the immense amount of silver extracted
rfni ,br mines of Santa Eualia the following state
menls will be found iser, sting Attic most h'urlshing
tine contribution was raised Of hco grams Of surer
Iom every marc extrsred for the purpose of building
tuo churches the City Of CHIHUAHUA the other
At Soma Eul.ia They We're built in ies years The
of that of chihuahua 500 OO oi that oi Santa
Eualia Sl50000. and surplus OF $l1OWlo OF The
money collected in this manner remained The result
Of The contrbutiop, therefore amounted ~ $JOOOUO,
which corresponds to amount Of i5OO,NO IT mares
Of silver. worth ~ the real value ~ that metal,
Sll50C0G00 ,Itracttd from the mines Of Santa Edaia
"a he cOsr" Of fer yeoTs
II cannot be supposed that the produce Of these mines
rich AS hey have been 10 the ast moment of the opera
tons which suddenly stopped by the expulsion Of
the SparsTds should have kept the same ratio AZ all Pr
RODS However the whole amount "f silver which they
have Yielded though il is To be- divided by number OF
about $50 years will be found very great IN the year
1913 census of this whole amount Was made aud il
was found 10 have been 43OO0000 OF mares Of silver, or
S4300o0Cd0.
Since The interruption Of the regular mining opera
tous in I-}3 the inhabitants of Santa Enala have
ertheess almost entirely existed upon the produce OF
thar kind Of uDscentfc and disconnected proceedings
which arecaied in nearly all the abandoned mines OF
this country. In rhis these mines have conn-
ned to support population OF 800 souls IN the little
town and have contributed great deal Ia the support
OF a surrounding scattered population, which supplies
the miners with wood coal, provisions, ere.
The ores of Santa Eulala generally contain not mnch
above four of silver in the carga TEO OF the
miIes indeed which are Gddiupe aud Gatdedna, have
richer ores containing from one to three and four
mares Tie mines called SdatO Domingo and Santa
GeTTudis contain chiefly composed of lead These
ores are called plOmosas ayudas and a. lead Is SUB
stance indispensable in the process Of cupelaoD IL is Of
interest know that at Santa Euala the cargo OF THIS
cnss Of ores may be had at the cost of half dollar.
GENERAL REMARKS.
After these particular statements, il must be asked
bow far the general condition of the country may be
favorable or unfavorable To- mining enterprise. To
this question: shall first try 10 give sketch
Of the natural character Of this part Of the North Amer
lean continent
Generally speaking the State Of Chihuahua is formed
If extensive plains elevated from five thousand to seven
thousand feet above the level of the sea, divided by
steep rocky p0rpbyritc mountains in detached ridges
and irregular groups and By tea valleys cut into the
deep alDval soil OF the plains Aoog the western con
fines OF the State bordering on Sonora and Snaoa
runs the chain Of the Sierra Madre. which by no means
forms the water shed between the tributaries OF the At
snc and Pacific but is broad belt of mountain ridges
decidedly on he n,st,rn slope Of the continent The head
waters Of the Rio Ysqu, and of some other rivers
flowing in westerly direction nto the California Gull
are On the high bordering that belt Of noun
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