The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-06-15
Silver Renions Of the World

nearly iivo times the amount ob
tninel in tho stno year from
IIiropo, Asia ani AfricA The pro
ddction Of Piedmont in that yetr
was groiter than that of auy other
section of the eastern continent, anl
was about Sl,5J0.0j0. Austria was
represented by about @l,0OO,00O.
willis Russia. Norway, Savouy.
Spain, and tho IIiriz Mo1d-
taius. aud Deyonshiro nnl Cornwall.
in Engllnl. produces the renaininr.
India has often been represented as
destitute Of silver, but we hpvc state
ments from sir RDdarics Mgrchison
aud otler travellers that tho X In
! Valley il SO rich in orc anl metallic
silver that it might be milo to yicll
enormous revenues for agns tn come.
What was once known as tho silver
country of the Vllurs in Kull com
prise the mountainous country living
between tho Heas, Saint. aud Par
butt rivers. Tho mines, although
in tho pllny days of India w)rkc
to II considerable extent. arc now al
most forgotten, sivc by the inhlbi,
tants of the region itself Tho Ma
nix IrI mines IN tho san, vtllev are
known to ho incidentally rich but
arc now unwo kcl. The In Inn
authorities, anl even tho people
themselves. lay every obstacle in the
way of developing thom for roar OF
impDvari5iing tho country.
In the iilst three cinturio5 after
the discovery Of Anoricp. it hls
peeu computed that 10 1000 tons Of
pure silver wcro exported from Peru
and Mexico alone. This wJall b.
sufficient to form glob Of solid sil.
ver one hundred feet in diameter.
Considering tho rulo manner OF
working ores at that lry, this is no
tri1o Tho difference bot tween
mining in Peru anl mining in Mex.
leo IL only in the climate of the sill
yer regions. Tho pDtosi mine,
which nls yiolle.l enorm )ns qUlnti
tias Of silver, is ut m elevation ~
great rs that of the summit Of Mont
Blanc, in n region OF perpetual
snow. The mines Of MtXi1J arc on
the milllo lands, where neither
frost nor grelt heat il folt. Tho
vast mineral wealth Of Peru hes boon
dayolppei By tho pl,i,nt inlis.ry Of
the native Indians, They live al.
most entirely on cocoa rhoir va.
gas pur wcok average ab)u: 81 81
IN o1c money.
\ very romtutio story il tpll of
tho SllcplJ mine, which hls been
lost fIr II hundred years. SnlcllD
was II young Spluiarl who fell in
love with and mnrriel IN Indian girl
wherenpon she revealed 10 him the
location Of silver mine Of fabulous
richness. ani ms yet unworkol. Sal
cllo with the aid of his wife found
tho mino and masking friends with
tho Indians ho Commenced work
upon it In few years he was en-
ormously rich. Tho Spanish Gov
ernpr learning Of his prosperity, anl
designing to secure tho miuo him-
solf clGsol n chlrEo of conspiracy
to DO made against him, under
which ho was arrested, tried aud
condemned, although tho charge
was entirely fictitious. When await
ing execution he promised the .a)v-
grnor, Do Lemos, that if no would
allow the pro IFS to LG sent 10 Nal
rid, aud bc inspected hy tho King,
there should be plil t. him T. hIn-
drel pounds of silver every day uu
Ill tho. vessel should 90 t. Spain
aud return. As tho voyage one wly
in those days CONSUME ab Iut siN-
teen months, it il rea lily seoU th t5
the ransom offered was onorm ,ls
Sllcado was executed. Tho lvtri-
cious Il Ivernor hpstcnol 10 the mine
bat the mine was gone. 1t has
mover been loinl FLa wibw aud
her devoted Indians hal daterm.no |
that the murlsror shpUli never bo
rewarded for his crime, all they
had loolel the mine, nnl buried it
in such a manner tina. discovery WIS
impossible.
Tho richest silver mine in til,
world probably is tho Pottochi, or.
in onr vernacular, Potsi-tho Chol~
lar Potosi being named from it. II
il near La Plata, and WAS discovoro |
in 1915 1t has always been worked
in rude manner, bat yet is sail to
haye already produced Sla 100000
worth of tho precious metal For
many years sixteen hundred Indians
were employed IN it, aud being
slaves, 30 cruelty were they WORKED
that they decimated rapidly, ani
their places were immediately filed
by others. At the present tIma two
thousand paid men are employed,
and the mine yields well and shows
40 signs Of exhaustion
The total silver production in the
worll from the year 1850 to 1875
has been estimated to be ; ,025,O 900,
0)O, tho Uhitpl States producing
one tonth OF the entire amount. The
Weld Of Mexico is at present at the
rate of S20, 100000, annually. Peru
is falling gradually behind. the yield
for the year 1874 being but little
over 81 900. 600 -Tne mines OF Chill