Arizona citizen., 1875-12-18
THE CITIZEN.
SATURDAY. DEcERBER IS, 1875.
rYroRnArIoN ABOUT MENICO.
Tine wealth of Abandoned Mines How Title IO Them may be OO' taiuei.

the Republic of Mezioo 10 the Amer ican Centennial who has just arrived
 in this country, has given reporter
 of The Daily Graphic some interest
 ing information as to the condition and prospects of our sister Republic. ] Nr I.evek is a native of Poland,
 from which country he came to the
 United States in lS47. Soon after the gold discovery he went to California
 and remained some years; thence to
 Chile and all the South American
 States in turn, engI ged during the entire time as the superintendent and engineer of mines. In 1862 he settled
 in the city of Mexico where he pub
 fishes Fl AIinero MeiicanO, the only
 newspaper in the Spanish language
 which makes mining speciality.
 In answer to tho general question
 as to the improved condition of Mex 'ico. Senor Levek ssid
 II have resided in Mexico thirteen years, and that country now presents q greater field for enterprise than ever before. We have had our troubles
 the world knows them-but consider
 them happily ended. The Republic has never enjoyed such peace and order since the independence as under
 the Presidency of Lerdo do Tejsda.
 He was at one time Minister to the
 United States and Is man ot en-
 lnrgad and liberal views. And while
 passing, l must say that yonr present
 Minister in Mexico, J. W. Foster, is
 an able man--nn exceedingly able man
 and highly regarded by all classes of the people The laws gre better ad-
 ministercd now than ever before. But
 there Is a common mistake about that.
 The mass of the people are very law
 abiding. Had they not been with
 the laxity of some of the govern
 mcnts, 1t would have been ruined. ! Sometimes We have been without any
 government at all, and yet things
 moved on pretty well in the city. If
 there was no government here for while, New York city would not last
 long. But there was a certain class who were reyoluuonists all the time.
 Now they are all suppressed and the country Is entering on a splendid career of development. The principal
 wealth is in mines. The agriculture
 will no more than supply home de- mands when the mines are worked.
 Not many years ago one-third of all the silver in use iu the whole world was from Mexico. Since tho trou- bles, people have forgotten how rich the country is, think it is the rich est on earth, and I have visited all the great mining regions Fer three years we have he'd peace, and already many uew on.erPrisos have been start ed, and most of the old mines gro be- ing opened for work. Among the largest schemes I will mention three. That of tue San Francisco capitalists, who gre organizing a company with a capital Of #l0,O0O, 900 to work sev- eral old and somc new mines. They intend to do the entire work-getting out the ore, smelting, refining and separating t. Another is the Chihua- hue company, with capital of S6,- OG0,000, to work tho old mines form erly worked by tho Spaniards. There IS also the Mexican National Coal Mining Company, which is opening the large coal mines in the State of Puebla, which are on and near the tho railroad from Vera Cruz 10 Mex leo. l an surprised that American manufacturers, particularly of ma chincry, on this coast have paid go little attention to Mexico. A great field is certainly opening there. But ut present there is much more trade . from this port to South America, csus- . cd, l think, by the low prices in . iron.
 1t looks strange to see several mil ! lion dollars going this year from Mexico to Europe, when know ma chinery equally good or better oan be ! had nero. There Is no duty ill Mex leo on any klnd of foreign machinery. It all comes in free by Q special act . of the Mexican Congress- There was somo sort of exemption first, l ' believe, on sowing machines, but now all machinery comes in free"
 In answer to question as to the nature of the mines, whether in strat- ! iiec rock or in granite, or other rock, the Senor replied;
 "There is much the same difference between various sections as in Amer . lea, but some of the richest pockets were found near the surface, and in Q limestone formation, but not so per manent. Only the deep mines are permanent In Psohuca and Guana- juato generally deep mining is the rule. One must go down from l5O to 200 varas Ia yara Is 33B inches) to