The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-09-04
SILVER REGIONS OF THE WORLD
Interesting Facts and Statistics.


From the San Francisco Chroniele.l
In 1850 Nevada was not reckoned
among the silver predicting regions.
Mexico and South America in that
year produced $50, 600, 900 rth-near-
~ five times the amount obtained in
the same year from Europe, Asia and
Africa. The production of Piedmont
in that year was greater than that OF
any other section of the eastern cOnti-
nent, and was about 81 ,500,OOO Aus
tria was represented by about l,OOO,-
600, while Russia, Norway, SaXony,
Spain, the Hartz mountains, and De
vonshire and Cornwall, in England,
produced the remainder India has
often been represented rs destitute of
silver, but we have statements from
Sir Roderick Murchison and other
travellers that the Kulu valley is 50 rich
in ore and metallic silver, that it
might be made to yield enormous rev.
enues for ages to come. What was
once known rs the silver country of
the Vazurs in Kulu, comprises the
mountainous country lying between
the Beas. Saint and the Parbutti riv
ers. The mines, although in the palmy
uuyS vi WI NCu w u
extent, are now almost forgotten, even
by the inhabitants of the region itself.
The Manikarn mines in the same val
ley are known to be intellectually
rich, but are now unworked. The
Indian authorities, and even the peo-
pie themselves, lay every obstacle in
the way of developing them for fear of
impoverishing the country. In the
first three centuries after the discovery
of America it has been computed that
l60, 900 tons of pure silver were export
ed from Peru and Mexico alone. This
would be sufficient to form II solid
globe of silver one hundred feet in
diameter. Considering the rude man
ner of working ores ut that day. this is
no trifle. The difference between min
ing in Peru and mining in Mexico is on
" in the climate of the silver regions.
The Pofosi mine, which has yielded
enormous quantities of silver, is at az
elevation as great as that of the sum-
nit of Mont Blanc, in II region of per-
petual snow. The mines of
Mexico are on the middle
lands, where neither frost
nor great heat is felt. The vast miner
al wealth of Peru has been developed
- ~, ,,,,;n,t ;,,lnetr, ,f tha n.t;ya
ny the paTne. inv " Wv, n,' Nv,
llia''s! rha m.y ,,ne nar ,noa $500 nvay, W"
uo'ua @, tn ~, p ,,sr,, ro
anouv'@' Nv ~ o"' a'J'e; ,ha 49, ~"
iiiaii''o nto,y 'p,u VI 81 49,,
l sn' Mn,o'' '' S,,a u S 'o ',anm,,
9leu ye''s snI1 ", w." |Sa ',;i, VAN" nni
'opani"i" W. ;,I ,,uo ".n " si,',
n'ui.iIu a. - h;n, iia nn.,;nn oT = siIvar
resen'e't w t ,,,n .Hr n;a,,'ass ava os wa,
uiine ". r,Iai,' n,;,b IA a;j ~
uu"o!Heu. ,I, WV" aI.;,n,
s nns WIZ , ,Gt ,,,a ind;ons ha conn,
ilienus VII ~ - IT,, f.,u, yoar,
meheeu woin upJ,u Ill. ~. nv ,eS oS,;si
ne ne was e,,o ian.ui'y nf h;S nrosparitv
uoSe noi - son,,ra, ,,,a r,;na ~
anu ,s ennntsd obor,,o Of cnnsn;racv
hi','seI', 1a"ae a;"a, LIE nnJar iuh;cI,
W VIC ihau .,sd ,,;aa n,d nnn,onnod
ne was a. ii 'Ho'.'' - n,Iirais Gnii'
.iioush w. Ny .n" S.;t;nn axnnni;on he
i,o''s. M" ~ Covarnor ne I'emo.
proin ~ na n .nu ,i,ow tha nroofs RI hs
.nh ,Taan;a and ta ;psn,otaJ b,,
s SIM tnora ~, ha Iii 70 lin
.no i h'S,r rn nnmmdS "f pa;ivar ,.var,,
J j"' Iii tha vdSSai shonId ,,o tn Snai,,
way 49, WV a. $500 o,a Nos,
u H.. h ,vaa, .i h aonsnnod ahout s;ytee,
IN ,i, .i, 10 raadiI,, saon thai tLa
. n,ono,,s oaera5 Voc a4ormoms Sslra.
,a"aun o noo,tad Tha av.rioious
10 was hasta"ad IN tho nina bnt
u = ,i,n ,a1 nana II has naver hee,
tne n,'''S Th WAS s,iao,v and her davoted
T,n;a. Id da,arn,;nad ,bnt tho mmr.
l inuia, s nav ,auar ha rauariad for b;o
o oei and thew had f,ooded the mine
onI hnried n IN sncb n manner that
.,;S a." ,raS i,nnns.inie The richest
u o,l,er N, W." in tha world nrnbabIv ia
,ha pntnocbi or in onr vernaci,lar
fns Tho III ,l,r.Po, nsi he;nv nam,
= aJ ~; 7, ;s var To- plata and Vas dis
' eu H. ~ isIs IT, has aiwavs hean
uo. r.'I T., nd. ,,nnnar n,t ,.at Il
s mJ I to have alraadv nrodnced S150' CoO.-