The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-12-25
The Most Productive Mine in the
World.
Nevada fndeiendenI.

In 1903 three malefactors of the
then small town of chihuahua, Mexico,
flying from justice, betook themselves
to the surrounding mountains, and
there for several weeks led a life of
terror, moving about from f;istness to
fastness, in constant dread of the
fierce Apaches, who occupied the ter
ritory on the one hand, and Of their
pursuing white brethren on the other.
One evening they built large fire in
ravine to cook their supper, and
when the surrounding powders be-
came heated molten white metal
issued out of them. The next day a
friendly Indian arrived in Chihuahua,
bearing "A message from the fugitives
to the priestly authorities, offering as
a condition for their pardon enough of
silver to build a cathedral, which offer
was accepted. Such is the story of
the discovery of the silver mine of
Santa Eulalia. The State of Chihua-
hua is in the extreme northeast of
Mexico. 1t is separated from the
state of Texas ON the northeast by the
Rio Grande, and is bound on the north
by New Mexico and Arizona. The
city of chihuahua is the capital. The
mines, of which there are several, are
all situated in mountain, about twelve
miles from the city. 1t rises above
the surrounding plain to a distance of
one thousand and two thousand feet,
and is popularity known as the "silver
mountain of Santa Eulalia." Wonder
full stories are told of the wealth of
these mines. They were constantly
worked by the old Spanish proprietors
from the time of their discovery in
1903 until 1922, the year of the rev.
olution that drove the Spaniards out
of the country. During this period
chihuahua grew from a mere outpost
of the Jesuit missionaries into city of
ffty-six thousand inhabitants, while
the mining village of Santa Eulalia
and another sprang up in the gorges
of the mountain, containing respect
lively eight thousand and five thou
sand souls. From a tax of one real
Owenty and one-half cents) on every
mark pound) of silver, as it came
from the refining furnaces there was
built, between 1888 and 1850, the
celebrated cathedral of Chihuahua, at
a cost of one hundred thousand dol
lars. While Mexico was in possess
ion of the crown of Spain, the laws of
that kingdom required one-ffth of the
product of all the mines, of gold and
silver to be paid into the royal
treasury. This made it necessary for
the products of their minis to be re-
ported to the kings officers. These
records were kept with Spanish for
mality in the different minis of the
vice-royalty, and the records of the
mint of Chihuahua, which are still
preserved, show that nearly five hun
dred million dollars were registered in
that office, most of which was the pro-
duction of the miners of Santa Eula-
liza. The revolution, the empire of
the establishment of the republic
involved struggle of fourteen years,
which greatly crippled the resources
ofthe country. Then, four years later,
came the expulsion of the Spaniards,
who were the capitalists, and this was
followed by constant internal revolu-
ton, with wars with Texas, France Gin
1889, the United States, growing out
of the annexation of Texas, and the
conquest by Maximillian. These, and
the ravages of the Indians, who
claimed the mining districts, paralyzed
Mexican industry, and put long stop
to the new development of riches that
had hitherto been considered in
exhaustable. ~ s...
DIR. ALEXANDER ECKER publishes a
few very interesting remarks "On a
Fluctuating Character in the Human