The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-16
MEXICO.
The MixeraI Wealth Of the Republic
Present COndIttOA OF Lho M,ass.

Present COnulItOA Oh hno nsa91.
Kane 0'Donnell, writing to the New York
Tribune from Mexico city, under date of June
II says:-
Mines rhe country bas-commerce it has not; ;
and The former 60 10 make the only com pracI-
cable to be staked for wlndi, g the later. The
sole great industry and riches of the country
are mineral.
Some years ago the single Rosario mine
yielded almost twice the value OF metal now
produced by the whole OF the companies work.
ing, which is doubtless not more than $500 900
per mon b. That much more Can be made out
of these mines, and the mineral region round
about them both as 10 digging and reducing,
is demonslrabIe. Ores which it does not no y
pay to reduce, could be ma lie TO give saving
Profit, il only the "a per cent. OF tetters we're
taken Off the miner. Possibly it w0ull
profit to extract the Is grams of gold
which go 10 the malk in an occasional yield of
these mines. Einety-slx grains per carga, or 800
Dounos OF metal, is the highest yield kno gn
here, but in Guarajuato a rate even less than
tbs is now probably extracted, 1t appears, on
account of the clearness OF thu metal. Tne re.
ducuon OF taxes IS 40 olutely necessary to auy
fuller reduction of metals. Humboldt, in 1898,
said there were nearly 500 mineral dlstrics 10
Mexico wherein are about 5000 mines. With
slight exceptions no new districts have been
worked sirce his time. The com paratiVe pro-
ducts OF different districts have varied IRON time
10 time, some having become rich and others
poor, so that the Inference is lair that
there are very many dlstricts uneXplored.
chihuahua has 6ve hundred places Of precious
nora, Durango, chihuahua, are even sa d to b.
superior 10 the rest OF the Republic in mineral
rtspecLs, the rich States of Guiana uatO, San
LUIS, and ZaCaleCas included; but miners and
inning capital are wanting. In Chiapas are
rich districts OF gold and silver iron and lea !,
and IT signifies much TO add SALT one OF the
most essential ingredients OF the reduction pro-
cess, Nuevo Leon has silver, iron, copper, ard
lead. Guerrero has u store of ron aud copper,
and its ZaCatula region has been promo Iuced
as good as the Chill copper nelds. Ten years
ago placers OF gold were found there, and
some were lately reported there; but,
sngularly enough, there are few or no mining
operations in the State. Jasco has gold, sill
yer, copper, and iron. Mcho4can boasts of
silver aud copper, iron, lead, AMI sulphur; but
until lately, when an Epglish company made
tra OF its mixed silver and copper mines, tt.ie
has been done 10 extract Chese natural treasures.
In the s ate OF Mexico are about score OF
mining districts, not all at present worked.
Oaxaca has di-covered gold aud mints silver.
and Is altogether doing ten per cent. tier in
these respects than ten years ago, when her
silver was a handful, aud her gold a mere
notion. Pueba has silver, gold, aud copper,
and in 1861 had five mining hacieDdas in opera
ton. Lower Caiforna has gold aud silver;
| Tamaulipas and Pueola have coal be side. In the
Mlnerdf del Rosario OF MaZataD, in SinalOa, are
mines Of gold, silver p!atIua, copper and lead;
but silver is the only ore worked TO any extent.
The entiIe coinage OF the Republic in the rich
wear OF 1856 was Sl9, 2C4 804 but that of the
past year mp TO date fails 10 40 beyond this
amount, notwithstanding that 0aXaca has been
added 10 the list of mlnts, and that addt. Onal
districts have been worked. No one at all be-
ieves that the silver riches OF Mexico are in
in danger Of giving out. War aud taxation ac
cumula ed have had, ho oWeYer, an effect at last.
There Is o'hing so patent as the mineral wealth
OF Mexico, but 1t Is a sum which must be worked
out.