The weekly Arizonian., 1859-03-24

the TlNeT dlUeT U BTedJ .nOOOL OH dITANluS dO the other side, he found the crest of an inn mense lode laid bare by the force of the water The greater part of this was pure massive sil- yer, sparkling in the rays of the sum- The whole town of Batopilos went to gaze at the extraordinary sight as soon as the river was fordabe This Indian extracted great wealth ! from his mine, but, on coming to the depth of three Spanish yards (cQrdS) the abundance of water obliged him to abandon it, and no at tempts have since been made to resume the working. When the silver is not found in solid masses, which requires to be cut with the chisel, it is generally finely sprinked through the lode, and often serves to nail together the particles of stone through which it is disseminated. "The ores of the P0Stidno mine, near the Cur men, were so rich that the lode was worked by bars, with point at one end and chisel at the other, for cutting out the silver The own CT of the Pastiano used to bring the ores from the mine with flags flying, and the mules adorned with cloths of ali colors The same man received reproof from the Bishop of Durango when he visited Batopilos for placing bars of silver from the door of his house to the great hall (saIa) for the bishop to walk upon. f
 The next mine of interest in our progress northward is the AoreL0S, (which was discov- cred in 1926 by two brothers named Aranco. These two Indian peonS were so poor that, the
 night before their great discovery, the keeper
 of the store had refused to credit one of them for a little corn for his tortiIlas. They ex-
 tracted from their claim $270,000; yet in De
 cember, 1926, they were still living in a wretch
 ed hovel, close to the source of their wealth.
 bare-headed and bare-legged, with upward of
 $200, 900 in silver locked up in their hut. But
 never was the utter worthessness of the metal,
 as such, so clearly demonstrated as in the case
 of+ he A.. uyho 0plu plo cd
 in contemplating their hoards. and occasionally
 throwing away portion of the richest ore to
 be scrambled for by their former companions,
 the workmen."
 Near the Morelos is the Jesus Mario.
 Though oil the western or Sonora slope of the
 mountain, it is only eight leagues from Chihua-
 hua This, like Moreos, is modern discovery,
 and, of course, was not included in the number
 of those Sonora mines which produced such an
 intense excitement about hundred years ago
 in Mexico, and even in Spain. Here, within the circuit of three leagues, two hundred metal
 lie IOdeS were registered in one year. The sto- ry of the mine of EI Retagio, discovered by fel
 low of the name of Pacheco, gave occasion for anecdotes like those of the Arancos which we have just rected A dealer had an old cloak which took the fancy of Pacheco, and to pur
 chase this thing he gave ore from which the
 dealer realized $8, ,O00. Three wenty-fourth'
 (three bars) of the product of this mine netted between the years of 1911 and 1874, $327 ,0O0 On the Sonora side of the mountain is SQntC 9 Eulalid. The ores of this redt district arr a found in loose earth, filling immense caverns
 or what are called "rotten ores in California and are easily separated by smelling. One shil s ling mark ($8) was laid aside from the silve l. which one of these caverns produced, whicl - shilling contribution constituted the fund out 0 : which the magnificent Cathedral of Chihuahu V was built.
 f Proceeding northward, we come to spot tn a most famous in the world for its product of si Q yer, the mine of ArazunaG. For near ceI V tury, the accounts of the wealth of this min 9 2 were considered fabulous; but their ittera ,- truth is confirmed by the testimony of the Er o glish ambassador. After examining the ol IT records which 1 have quoted, have no dout a that the facts surpassed the astonishing report h for in Mexico, the propensity has been to COT 70 ceal rather than over-estimate the quantity r silver, on account of the kings fifth yet it o the kings fifth, actually paid, on which all th St estimates on the production of Sonora silve mines are based. Arazuma (which, in the r 70 port of the Minera which have translated ft
 this volume, appears to be set down as Arizpa ,\ was, hundred years ago, the worlds wonde E and so continued until the breaking out of tE - great Apache war few years afterward. Me ,t seemed to run mad at the sight of such il G. mense masses of virgin silver, and for tin le it seemed as if silver was about to lose its valu eff In the midst of the excitement royal orc ,1s nance appeared, declaring Arazuma "cre a. a. ton of silver" (creador de plata) and appr'
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