The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09
For the Clarion.
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| In your last issue we noticed the the fact
that onr Legislature has passed an act in
cooperating the Mississippi San Rafael
Mining Company and spoke of the min
eral wealth of the country which, from all
the Information we can get, is truly won
derful, and fully equal ~ the fabulous sto-
ries we have read of the treasures of Mexi-
co, in poetry and in the records OF travel
lers. IL what we hear Of the country is
true, we expect to see at no distant day,
thousands of adventurous fortune-seekers,
! capitalists, and skilled artizans, focking TO
this great "El Dorado"
The tales that have ever been written and
published of the mineral wealth of Mexico.
since the day when fernando Cortez first
took possession of the city of the Montezu-
mas. when his simple adherents gave to this
avaricious and heartless Spaniard, rooms
hlled with gold. silver and precious stones.
TO lioerate their great chief TO this day. to-
gether with the richness of the soil and its
varied products, the beauty of it, mountain
scenery, its beautiful valleys, its extended
grazing lands, the purify of the atmosphere,
and mIldness OF the climate, all are calcula-
ted to throw charm around Mexico that
few others possess. These facts, together
with its proximity TO our own country, will
cause this particular part of Mexico 10 settle
up even faster than the valleys of California
have Thousands of miles had TO be trav-
eled by land or by sea before the Pacific
coast could be reached by the people of
the United States. This portion of Mexico
lies at our door, and is easily reached ia
ten days travel from this city, and to
within one hundred miles of the San
Rafael Silver region by public conveyance.
A few years ago the Northwest territories
of the United States, Colorado, Nevada and
Idaho, was wilderness, undisturbed by the
footsteps of civilization. To day thousands
of enterprlslng people are pouring into these
territories, ana houIishing towns and cities
are springing up all over that country
This has been brought about entirely by the
mineral wealth Ct that count y. These ter
rIUOries possess a large amount of a inerals |
aud of much value. Yet, by comparison.
they are low ores to the mines OF Coahuila |
Mexico. The average Yield of the mines in |
the Northwest il less than $50 per ton. |
whilst the ores OF the Cedral, Conejo AMI
LanLTesco, we are informed from reliable |
authority. yields one hundred |
collars per ton, ON an average. Labor in |
the territories of the United States costs |
SO so per day, whilst in Mexico labor can |
be found III great abundance fur less than |
81 90 per day. Provisions in the terrific |
rIes are high when compared with the nom |
iual prices of provisions in Mexico. In |
the Northwest mining region they have /
from five TO seven months OF extreme cold |
weather, and much of this time too cold TO /
work, whilst i'll Mexico. not day need be /
lost from this cause, the thermometer rang |
ing from so TO 81 Fab. the year round. la /
the territories in places where silver is
mined wood and water is scarce and, con-
sequently. very costly. At the Cedrai and |
COnejo mines there is abundance of wood |
and water, and near by an inexhaustible bed |
Oi bItuminOuS coal.
In the territories of the United States we
believe that silver is usually found in hard
quartz, walled i'll by hard rock of granite or
limestone, necessitating much drilling aud
blasting To get at the ores. AT the Cedral
and ConegO mines, the vein is very wide,
and the ore is in red sand stone, easily
worked with pick and shovel. In the
Northern mines the ore are more or less re-
tractory, requiring long and expensive pro
ceSses u Reduce them, as by wasting aud
ANAL gamation, whilst the ores taken from
the Cedral and COnegO are reduced readily
at the furnace and refined in a sim pie capel-
Iation furnace and no quicksilver or other
expensive fiuXes are required, the lead III
combination with the silver ore, being sutti-
cient TO an easy reduction.
Statistics show that in 1925 seven -tenths
of the silver produced in the world was
exhumed in Nj Xico; since which time
large silver yielding districts have been
discovered and worked, embracing
California, Idah0 Montana, olorado,
Eutaw, New Mexico. still il is a we'll
known fact that Mexico produces to-day
OF all the silver in use. This
lists and others. The vast difference in the
values of the respective min
eral regions will convince the most unbe-
lieving of security of Investment, and we
believe that numerous persons will be in
duced to embark in this enterprise and visit
that country to build up their fortunes and
the future of the country.