The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-07-04
he Silver Regions OF the World.


the silver producing regions Ne&icc
AMI South America III that year pro
ducei 50. 600 600 worth. nearly fve
times the amount Obtained in the same
year from Europe, ASIA ami Africa
. The production OF Piedmont IN that
year was greater than that of any 9th
CT section on the EAsterti continent. an
was about s. 500 900. Austria was rep
resented by sbou. 81. 100000 while
Russia. Norway, SaNony, Spain and
Hartz Mountains, and Devonshire and
Cornwall in England, producing the re-
malu1er
India has often been represented as
D. .tltute of silver. but we have state
ments from Sis Roderick Murchinson
and other travellers that kulu Valley
IS So rich In ore ani metallic silver that
it might be made to yield enormous
revenues for ages to come. What was
once known as the silver country Of the
Vazurs in kulu comprises the noun
famous country lying between the Beas,
Saint aud Parbutti rivers The mines,
although in the palmy lays OF India
worked II a considerable extent, are
now almost forgotten, surely by the In
habitanis OF the region itself.
The ManiKarn nines III the same val
ley are known to be Incidentally rich,
but are now unworked. The Indian
authorities, and even the people them
selves lay every obstacle in the way Of
developing them for fear of impoyer-
iShiug the country.
In the first three centuries after the
discovery of America it ba, been COM
puted that 100000 tons of pure silver
were exported trom Peru and Mexico
alone This would be sufficient to form
81 solil globe of silver 100 feet in diam
etcr Considering the rude manner Of
working ores at that day this is no trI-
fe. The difference between mining IN
Peru and mining in Mexico Is only IN
the ciiiu,,tr # tae silve: regions. The
Po;osl mime. which has yielded ,nor
mous quantities OF silver, i at an el,-
ratinn as great as that Of the summit of
Mount Blanc, in region of perpetual
snow. The mines Of Mexico are on the
middle hands, where neither frost nor
great hat /, felt The vast mineral
we .ltA 81 Perm has been developed hy
the patient Industry OF the native Iud!-
als. They live almost entirely Oh co.
cos Tiu.if wages per week average
ABOUT ! - in onr money.
\ very rouantic story is told Of the
Salcado mine, which has been lost for a
/ hundred years. Salcado was young
/ spaniard who fell in love with and
married an Indian gi,!. whereupon she
+ revealed to him the location Of . silver
: mine of fabulous richness. and as yet
unknown Sa,caio with the aid Of his
wife. found the mine, and, making
friends with the Indians. he commenced
work npon it In few years be was
enormously rich. The Spanish govern
ment. hearing Of his prosperity. and
designing to secure the mine to itself,
caused charge of conspiracy TO he
made agains. him. under which he was
arrested, tried and convicted, although
the charge was entirely fictitious.
" hen awaiting execution he prom
ised the governor De Lemos, that. il he
would allow the proofs to he sent To
Madrid and bc inspected by the king,
three shou d be paid to him 100 pounds
of silver every day until the vessel
should 90 to Spain and return. As the
voyage oF.e way in those days consumed
about sixteen months, il is readily seen
that the ransom offered was enormous.
/ Salcado was executed The avaricious
g. crnor hastenei tn the mine, but the
mine was gone. 1t has never been
found The widow and her devoted
Indians had determined that the muir
( derer should never be rewarded for his
crimes. and they had flooded the mine
and buried il in such a manner that
discovery was impossible.
The richest silver mine III the world
probably. is the Pottochi, or. in our
Neruacu!ar. Potosi, the Chol!a- POtosi
being named from 1t. II Is near La
j Plata. and WAS discovered III 1915 /.
has always been worked in rude man
Ter. but yet is said 10 have already
produoed S2j0,000. 600 worth Of pre-
cious metal For many years 900 In
dAns were employed In It, and, beng
slaves, 50 cruelty were they worked thai
they decima'ed rapidly. and thelr
places were Immediately filled by other
At the present time , 600 men are em
ployed. and the mine yields we'll and
shows 30 sign OF exhaustion.
The total silver production IN the
world from the year 1850 10 1870 has
been estimated 10 be 81 OPS 900, 00o
the United States producing one-tenti
ct the entire amount The yield ot
Mexico j. a. present at the rate Of $50
0o0, 900 Per-, Is falling gradually be
hind. the yield for 1874 being but little
over S3.0M. 900 Tie mines Of Chill
and Bolivia are being rapidly develop
I'd, and w.!l soon furnish material
item IN the annual production.
In iN6. NeYad. proudly poiutel 70 a
vie!i & So .j00.000 IL 1863 the pro
duciion WAS hardly half IS much Tbs
production for the present year VII
probably exceed 81. j.U0 0o0- The au'
nual production Of the Idaho mines Ii
Abou, $4,000. coo. or as much as tn,
famous mines Of Peru.. Colorado. II
1875. i estimated TO have produces
tullion "a the au.1nf4t Il ! 600 600.