, 1875-01-23
SILVER.
Tho Mexican nnA Nevntln Mines COM.
purCtl.

| = 49," 'A----@*sse sA"sA Asst s&NtA NA1AeE NON1s
| pared.
| tro,n ths SaH Frdnrtseo f1Hi|ttjn
Until Tho development Of the 1argu oro bot1Ees
IN The Coulsfork lotlc, Mexico was tho largest
| alrcr producer III tEIe world. II IL impossible Ia
say what nnu or what lode yie:ded tl,e largest
quantity OF bullion. Tho Eeat k,ltIoritIos ou tho
sub cct haso failed 10 determine, because tho
Product of group Of 1ninra operating Oil various
| Vienna III tho aaIle neighborhond haa generally
been credited to the laatlns miro in thu t1ia,ic,
snch hnB beon the case. tn IL nioasnrc, NTH The
'nl'es0f u1ana}uat3, situated nu lho mother vein
OF trfd "l0f,s uf CeIitral Mexico. and with lilo 20.
tosl inlf1esn rertl thosan Lu's ro'ohi nfuc Icing
credited with tho combined product of multi
t.stlo or n1i1ioa n silat DISTRICT representing AZ
many separate and tlietii,ct yciua. IAo ueta ma
are ol hie1lco, comes nanrost being ia, ktlsl
eAss to tue copstock. 1tis similar iissure in
tersectins similar formation, only It is at eaat
three tIscA its length and itA u.e tlclsl las bee.
one contlnuo1lH hunanza. Tito ,niea ou the refa
'addrc ha's been Woikcd unlpterrnptcdly for
over three conturlcs and tue Aggse,a4e Weld jY
estimated nt *J0u. uUU UJ0. Iho tjsH: discoveries
on slc CouHtock vcra only ua.lo tifLaer yeurs
ago. but tho entire product ,it,rng that brief
period 'las aggregated iu round nun!bors $tT5,-
uei OF the rIchent vein In Mexico, and about
oEo-elsh hth tito e'ltIro prduct OF Lllo numerous
sclus anu niinea forming the Peruvian potoui
EsoIr for the salne exten9del pcrod. Tie yield
Or tie Coiussrck lotio last year amountod to
f1out LOCO, DOD, and This yoAr about a22, 900
0oQ or within SjU00,0f'0 OF tho maximum ansuui
ytll OF all tho hilstr mines Of Mexico, aud tiys
t'inrH tile average annual siold OF tho Peruvian
mfnes.
The ct'a nsadre has been more extensively
workHd than ahy othor silver lode In Noxico, but
1t IL very doubtful AZ to whether it IL lo richest
vein existing III that country. The metallic
MtSor losleB iu tho State Of Chihuahua ars III oba-
ny IGuch richer. tlngle boHa,.xa Of u,uta,lIc
silver orc, discovered iu QUO Of lhoss mines, is
Represented to have taAeu eighteen years
to o1l,snst,, aud ia varlonsly estimated to
have Welded from 520, ,UUt, ,uDD to $50 UOD. ONO
il'st-claas oro from tho Clltuahla nsiucs yiold
all tho way from s16.UUJ to :30.Du0 per tnu, a,nl
uecoid-cans oEn rals..oH from s20iU to sis uutb
poi ton. Tbs EoMstock, Of eolIrHa, haa nothing
"!iaI to this. There IL no knowing what might
liaFa bceu accomplished in tho nliyes ulues OF
Mexico aat Peru had thoy bnea systematically
worried. u hxt If, Instead of human backs long
Hw!nEiilg poles, mud ilcsoty winzns bringing tho
ofo to the surface from tho dolla bolow. ami the
primitive Arassfan Scpasatlnn Lh8 metal fron the
vein lnutter. tho improved machinery now en-
ployod on tue Eulustock I.od heen III use!
uuder such > condition Of things, what
turns aai into how brief q Bpaca wuuld
tho tllree-cantnry operations have been con-
tfactel? Insseal OF q bonanza taking eighteen
years to cxlallut, We Should probably have 4el
II all out within that many months. Many OF tho
tentra! Mexico mines have for years bern work
Gil By English capltAlists. with improved machin-
erF. AMI tero haa been. i'll consequence, mark
oil iucroaaa III tue aggregate silver product Of tic
country; b1t tho mechanical appliances nEe yant-
" inferior to those used On the Cunstuck. Tile |
Comatock Ina utlQuestiouably yielded moro p,lyer
III tho sane space Of timo than my known lode, |
mil III to-day tho richest silver lodo beiug work
Ell. bul tts imlnenbe yield IL in greu! measure
p'o7ed aud the aystenatic manner III winch it IL |
GcinH mined.