The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-05-21
SILVER
The Mexican and Nevada Mines Compared.
From the san rrancasso bulletin.

SILVER.
The Mexican and Nevada Mines Compared. |
From the san Francisco Bulletin.
Until bhe development of the large |
ore bodies IN the Comstock lode, Mex |
leo was the largest silver producer in
the world. 1T & impoesible TO say what
mine on what lode yielded the largest
quantity of bullion. The best authori-
ties on the subject have failed to deter
mine, because the product of group
of mines operating on various veins In
the same neighhorhood has generally
been credited TO the leading mine In the
| district. Such has been the case. In o
measure, with the minesof Guauajuato,
situated on the mother vein or UetG
xsads Of Central Mexico, and with the i
Potoai names of Perm, the San Luis Po-
/ tosi mine being credited with the eom-
bined product of q multitude of mines
I in that district, representing as many
separate and distinct veins. The uetn
ass0dre, OF Mexico, comes nearest being
Ia parallel case to the Comstock 1t
is similar fssure intersecsing q
similar formation, only it Is at least
three times It's length, and its ore de-
|. pOsit has been one continuous bonanza.
The mines on the Uet0 0e0Clre have been
worked uninterrupt for over three
centuries, Id the aggregate yield is es
timated at $500, 600, 600. The first dis
!. coveries on the Comstoek were only
made fifteen years ago, but the entire
, product during that brief period has
: aggregated in round numbers $175, 900,
: 600, or over one-half the three century
2 product of the richest vein in Mexico,
Z Z and about one-eighth the entire product
s of the numerous veins and mines form
: ing the Peruvian Potosi group for the
: same extended period. The yield of the
2 Comstock lode last year amounted t6
: about $21, 200, 600, apd this year about
:. $22 900, 900, or within So. .o00, 600 of ths
= maximum annual yield of al the silver
erage annual yield of the Peruvian
e mines.
10 The peta D100Ere has been more ex
lei tensiyely worked than any other sill
le yer in Mexico, but it is very doubtful
% as to whether il is the richest vein ex
"a isting In that country. The metalE
10 silver 1odes in the state of Chihuahu
n are probably much richer. A singl
lf bonanza of metallic silver ore, discoy
u cred in one of these mines, is represent
as ed to have taken eighteen years to e1
OF haust, and is variously estimated
ID have yielded from $40, ,Oo0, 600 to $50
ze 600, 900. First-class ore from the CHI
r. huahua mines yield, all the way frol
a. $15, 600 to $50. 900 per ton, and second
~ CldSS OIO ISAI6cS HUH SRa,OOO ~ R40,V0
as per ton. The Co1nstock, of course, ha
ed ore equal to thia There is no KNOWN
nd what might have been accomplished j
be the silver mines of Mexico and Peru ha
n they been systematically worked
We What If, instead of human backs, Ion
swinging poles, and rickety Wine
lat bringing the ore to the surface from tt
q depths below, and tie primitive ana,
it. tras separating the metal from tt
Id vein matter, the improved machinel
he now employed on the Comstock hs
been In use. Under such q conditio
n of things, what would have been tt
OF showing of the returns? and into no
M brief space would the three-centul
pr operations have been contracted Il
to stead of bonanza taking eightee
i'd, years to exhaust, we should probabl
rst have had it all out within that man
: It months. Many of the Central Mexit
ct mines have for years been worked
an English capitalists, with improved m
chinery, and there has been, in cons
lu- quence, marked increase in the aggr
cts gate silver product of the county; bl
ID, the mechanical appliances are vastly il
he ferior to those used on the Comstocl
so The Comstock has unauestionab
bus yielded more silver in the same space.
ed time than any known lode, and is t,
ed day the richest silver lode being worl
mt ed, but its immense yield is In gre
use measure owing to the superiority of Il
70 machinery employed and the systemat
Ielf manner IN which it is being mined.