The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-09-11


the manner IN which they worked:
In 1850 Nevada was not reckOned
among the silver-prodaeing regions, Mex
loo and South America in that year pro
duced sS5.000,O0a wOrth-asarly Eve
times the amount obtained in the sane
year from Europe, Asia and Africa. The
production Of PiednOss in that year was
greater thaa that Of any other section Of
the eastern continent, and uas about ST.
500. 900. Austria was represented BY
abO1t 81 ,0eo, 900, While Russia, Norway,
Saxoay, Spain, the Harz Mountains, and
psvoashire and Cornwall, IN Eaglasd, pre-
dnced the remainder India has often
been represented IS dessita1eo Of silver, has
ne have statements froa Sir ROderick
MurrkisOn and other travellers thar The
Kala Valley Is 80 rssh IN ere and netaIlie
silver that q might Be zaas % yield eSOr
nneus rsvenaes for AGES % co1e What
vas eaee kn0vn as ths silver eoaatry Of
the Yzrars IN kcla comprises the mOun-
tainozs eOaasry lying be4rsen the Beas,
Sainji and PArbatsi rivers. The mines,
alaho4sh n thsPalny days q Iaaia worked
10 considerable extent, are ssE almost
forgOSsen, save By the iahabiasnts Of the
resiua isselE The Maaik1ra nises in the
su@e valley are kBava to be iaeslsulably
rieh. baf an s0s sauOrked The Indian
HushsrisiE=, asd ssea the people thea
selves. hy every obstacle IA the way Of
I d~rssapiag then ssr fear Of impOserishing
the esuuuT.
II the Srst three centuries after the dis I
s0vszy 0f America. il has been e0mpused
shzt Iso. 0o0 tons Of rare silrsr we're
exported frua Peru and MexicO alone. I
ms would Be sazcieni to form solid
gi0he q silEcr one Kindred feet in dame
Ter Considering the rude manner Of
working 0rss al that day this IS no triae.
The diSeseace between mining in Peru
and mining IN Mexico is only in the ell
mate Of The silver regions The Po;Osi
mine, which has yieIded enormous quaint
ties q silver, Is at an elevation rs great as
that Of the summit Of Mount Blanc, in
region Of perpetual snow. The mines of
Mexieo are on the middle lands, where
neither frost nor great heat Is felt The
vast mineral wealth Of Peru has beea
developed BY the patient industry Of the
native Indians They live almost entirely
on cocoa Their wages per week average
about sl.50 in orr money.
A very romantic story Is told of the
SalcadO mine, which has been lost for a
hundred years. Saleado was a young
Spaniard who fell in love with and married
an Indian girl, whereupon she revealed to
him the location Of silver mine Of fabu-
lOus riehness and as yet unworked. Sal
eado wifhthe aid Of his wife found the
mine, and making friends with the Indians
he commenced work upon it. In few
years he was enormously rich. The Span
ish Governor, learning Of his prosperity,
and designing to secure the mine to him
self, caused charge of conspiracy to be
made against him, under which he was
arrested, tried and condemned, although
the charge was entirely fictitious. When
awaiting execution he promised the Gov
ernor, De LemOs, that if he would allow
the proofs 70 be sent to Madrid and be in
spected by the King, there should be paid /
to him hundred pounds Of silver every
day until the vessel should 60 to Spain aud
return. As the voyage one way in those
days consumed about sixteen months, 1t i
readily seen that the ransom offered was
enormous Salcado was executed. The
avaricious Governor fastened 70 the mine.
but the mine was gone. 1t has never
been found. The widow and her devoted
Indians had determined that the murderer
should never be rewarded for his crime,
aud they had flooded the mine and buried
il IN such manner that discovery was
impossible.
The richest silver mine in the world
probably Is the Postochi, or, in cur vsrna-
ealar, Possible Choliar- Potosi being
named from IT, II is near La Plata, and
and vas discovered in 15f5. II has a.
ways been worked in a rude manner, but
yet IS said % have already produced $780,
100000 worth Of precious metal. For
many yesn sixteen hundred Indians we've
employed in il, and being slaves, 50 cruelty
were they worked thst they fascinated rap
idly and their places we're Immediately
flled BY others. At che present time two
thousand paid men are employed, and the
mine yields web and shows 20 signs Of
exhaustion.
The total silver productions in the world
from the year 1850 70 1875, has been e.
,imated to be 81 ,025, 900, 900, the United
States prodaeins ons-ienth Of the entire
amount The yield Of Mexico Is az pres
cnt al the rate Of $4,000, 0tl0 annually.
Peru is falling gradually behind, the yield
for The year 1874 being but little over
g.. 100000 The mines Of Chill and Bo-
lisia are being rapidly dsseloped, and win
soon furnish material item 10 the annual
production In 1851 Nevada proudly
poiuted to q Yield Of sI2,50o,00o. In
1869 the production was hardly half -
much The production far The present
,sAT win probably exceed SIS 900 900.
rhe ee+.ei production Of the Idaho mine.
~ ahapt 81. poe 400 Or > much as tho
faaaaz mines IF Pssu. Colorado, 10 1875.