Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-06-11
SILVER MINES.
Historic Record of their wealth.


As a good many of our citizens are some
what interested in the silver mining business,
the publication of the following article on mi
ners and mining, taken from Georgetown,
Colorado, paper, will no doubt be acceptable:
The wealth of silver mines is historic. We
are informed by Humboldt, in his Essay Poll
tique, that the yeild of the Mexican mines
since the Conquest until 1903, had been two
thousand and twentyseVen million nine hun.
dred and ffty-tWo thousand dollars, all of
which had been produced from few central
spots, and the mining confined to a Compare
lively limited circle.
MEXICAN MINES AND MINING.
The registered coinage of the mint of Mexi
co, from the year 1888 to 1860 shows 81 .742.
lB7. When we remember that the ROYALTY to
the King of Spain, until the commencement of
the 18th century, the Mexican states paid trib
ute " as one fifth, or 20 per cent, of the veild,
and take into consideration the royal nonopiv
of quicksilver and gunpowder, the result GEMS
astounding.
The Mexican method of mining was crude
and simple. The ore, as well as the water
from the bottom of the shafts, was peneraIIv
brought to the surface upon the shoulders Of
teaeteToeS (cRrriers) over ladders. Their nroe.
tTGS, or crushing mills and amalgamators. ware
of the rudest possible character and were rnn
almost wholly by mule power.
IMMENSE RETURNS
The following is the registered weld of a
few mines on the American continent.
Blscanla ------- .----------. ST. 6 ,06O 900
Santa Anita silver mines 81 ,347 SI0
Vallncia silver mine----- 81 SI3,496
Rayas silver rmine--- 85 A0I ma
| Vet0 Madre silver mine : 235. .935 796
Veta Madre of Guangato-- 800 900 '000
Feta 6rando OF Zacatecas -------- $50 ,000, 900
The Pavelleon silver mine, when first onenad
| produced So, 900 per day for FIVE years when
torrent of water from the mountains filled
| the shafts and swept away the improvements
II was opened again, and ior succeeding ten
| years yielded $50, 900 900, when it was asain
| abandoned in 1886, and not opened again mn
| til 1881, when it was vigorously worked for
| six months, the ore taken from it in that neri-
| cd yielding 81 500, 600. The different mem
bers of the celebrated Fagoajo family of Mexi-
| co are estimated to have received during fftv
years working oftwo veins over 81 9 900 200 as
| profits. -
The Carmo7 vein, north of Durango. in the
state OF Chihuahua, among the mines of Baton
llas has produced enormous yields of silver.
From this mine three masses of pure Tnalleable
silver were taken, weighing, seollectiyely, $40
| pounds. -
SILVER MINES OF HIGH ALTITUDE
The best silver mines are those of high ele.
walton. 1t has been the experience in Nexico.
and 1t IS wei! known fact, the mines of Great
Potosi, which have produced over one hIousand
millions are worked at height exceeding that
of Mount Blanc. '--"'
Fuller, in his treatise on silver mines saws:
Wherever, in any part of the world, silver
mines mines have been worked, they are worked now
unless from some uneXplainRble cause The
!scK OF machinery, the existence of war. and
the lnvasions of Indians have, as in Mexico,
iamillarized our minds with the idea of aban.
doned mines. But they have all been aband.
oned for Oeme other cause than that they are
exausted: We know of no silver mining re.
giOns in the world that have given out"
INExHAVsTIBLE RIcHEs.
The mines Of Mexico, eEiglnallR worked by
! 'ns Aztses, before the Spanish conquest. are