New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-30

Pachuea toward OmetuscO. When this was reacheu
the coach was abandoned At the depot a: Pachuca
there was the usual band and crowd of people. Inc
Mayor of the city welcomed the General in man
As hearty as any OF his predecessors. aud thelr
guest replied in a brief but pointed speech, when
was received with very marked appreciation when
translated by Mr.. Romero The streets are very
narrow and, N mining towns in the United States'
usually crooked and irregular. There are hearI{
10000 people in the city. and fair proportion OF
them were ont to catch glimpse OF the American
4 cannon was fred, bells were Tung, ana the house-
tops were covered with boys. who in genuine en-
thusiasm, kept the or ablaze with rockets ana nre-
crackers. 1t was dusk when the house OF me
director Of the mining company was reached anu
the carriages driven out OF the street INTO the
court of the castle
VISITING THE SILVER MINES.
The next morning after the arrival General Grant
was inv. ted to visit the mines Of the Pachuca Dis
trct that efn the mountains above the city TO the
north and east. The hills are literally covered
with the white stone pillars that divide one prop
eTty from another, but comparatively little OF the
space is occupied by visible mines. as usual in such
cases. The first visited the san Juan shatt,
where the ore was being brought up in little bags
made OF coarse fibre. and started on tramway TO
the yard, where the work upon it is begun. 1t IS
put IN these bags to simplify the settlement VIII
the men. They are paid three TO Tour reaIs
or shlllngs n day ana one-eighth the Inet4i,
they are simply given the product of one bag IN
eight. ana BY keeping the empty sacks 10 ~ easily
determined how much they have done. The Rosario
mine was entered by means of mule tTamway
along the tunnel for 1850 feet to the place where
the miners down deeper into the earth by series
OF ladders. As the visitors emerged Mexican BOY
coming out OF the mine and WAS beng searched
by two men kept there for that purpose. lie looked
AS innocent as bright Sunday morning, and sub
tted with the cOmposurc OF spartan TO the pro-
cess. The travellers thought there was little Use IN
searching him. for he had apparently nowhere 10
hide any silver ore Nevertheless, his mouth was
found little piece Of native silver worth perhaps
half dollar II was not much. but IL each OF the
hundreds of men employed down IN the nine
brought up as much II would rum the company
IN the course Of time.
A visit wa, made later to the famous Santa Ger
trudls IL IS a new mine, OF rather new In bonanza
as they call II. an English miner named Ludlow
having discovered he ore about hree years ago IL
bad been worked before but had not paid. Now IL
Is the richest nine of the district, and the pr0prie
tor, are fast becoming wealthy men. new engine
had Just been put in, but the ore was still beng
drawn mp of the shaft m oX-iIde~, and the water
as well came up IN % great dripping bag made from
sewing two bullock skins together. The ore ls SOFT
and runs about 5000 TO the ton here Is no neeu
Of blasting 10 work II, the PICK ana shoEei OeIlH
enough In the main The Engilshmen OF the whole
district, to the number OF over 100 had congJegated
that day. and meeting General Grant on the ROAD
from the other mines, escorted him 10 the 81 Yer
trude
THE ANCIENT SEAT OF THE REGLAs.
During the next two days the General and his
party were takeL twenty miles to the northeast to
visit Kegla Two Mexican leagues winding along
"a broad road built on the mountain by the English
company brings the traveller to the top Of this chain
30 Real del Monte, 200 feet above the sea. Cen
eral Grant rode on horseback, and bad ume
before the coaches came mp 20 look over tue
town. Real del Monte Is the place where the Counts
OF Rcgla made their fortunes. The road from Real
del Monte leads down q de- p. narrow gorge. Tie
mountain SIDES are covered with the ruins Of old
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