Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-09-10

sldering the rude manner of working
ores at that day this is no trine. The diff.
ference between mining in Peru and min
ing in Mexico is only in the climate of the
silver regions. The Potosi mine, which
has yielded enormous quantities of silver.
IS at an elevation as great as that AZ the
summit of Mont Blanc, in a region of per.
petual snow. The mines of Mexico are
on the middle lands, where neither frost
nor great heat is felt. The vast mineral
wealth Of Peru has been developed by the
patient industry of the native Indians.
They live almost entirely on cocoa. Their
wages per week average about so in our
M )ney.
A very romantic story is told of the Sal.
cado mine, which has been lost for a hun
dred years. Salcado was a young Span.
lard who fell in love with and married an
Indian girl, whereupon she revealed to
him the location of silver mine of fabu-
lous richness and as yet unknown.
Salcado, with the aid of his WIFE found the
mine, and making friends with the Indians
he commenced work upon IL. In few
years he was enormously rich. The
spanish Government, hearing of his pros
perlty and designing TO secure the mine to
itself, caused a charge of conspiracy TO be
made against him, under which he was
arrested, tried and convicted although the
charge was entirely fictitious.
when awaiting execution he promised
the Governor, De Lemos, that if he would
allow the proofs to be sent to Madrid and
be inspected by the King there should be
paid to him 100 pounds of silver every
day until the vessel should 20 to Spain
and return. AS the voyage one wav in
those days consumed about sixteen months
1t is readily seen that the ransom offered
was enormous. Salcado was executed.
lhe ayaricious Governor hastened to 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 crimes, and they had flooded the mine |
ana buried it in such manner that dis |
coyery was impossible.
The richest silver mine in the world |
probably is the Pottochi, or, in our YER |
1acular, Potosi-the .Cholla-Potosi being |
named from it. 1t is near La Plata, and |
was discovered in 1915. Ithas always been
worked in rude manner, but vet is said
o have already produced $3.50 600 600
worth of the precious metal. For MANY
ears 900 Indians were employed in it.
md, being slaves, so cruelty were they
worked that they decimated rapidly. and
heir places were Immediately filled by
'thers. At the present time 1000 paid
men are employed, and the mine Yields
veil and shows no signs of exhaustion.
The total silver production in the world
rom the year 1850 to 1875 has been esti.
mated to be $1,025 100000, the United
'tates producing one-tenth of the entire
mount. The yield of Mexico is at pres.
mt at the rate of $20,OO0,OOO. Peru is
alling gradually behind, the yield for
S.74 being but little over $4,000, 600. The
hines of Chile and Bolivia are being
apidly developed, and will soon furnish {
material item in the annual production.
n 1867 Nevada proudly pointed to {
ield of $12500, 600 In 1869 the pro- I
uction was hardly half as much. The !
reduction for the present year will prob
bly, exceed $25, ,000,00 The annual '
reduction OF the Idaho mines is about {
], 900, 600, or as much rs the famous |
lines Of Peru. Colorado, in 1875, is es-
mated TO have produced bullion to the {
mount of $1,000,0O0.-. Francisco !
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