Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-06-25
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Taken from the Primitive Pachuca
Mines in Mexico In Thirty Years.
boston Herald

For more than three hundred year
The mines of Pacbnca have been WORKED
by the Mexieans--frst by the Mexiosn
pure and simple, then by the Spaniard
and now again by Mexicans, who would
seorn the name of Spaniard, though hi
blood mingles in their veins, Here il
th is very town was discovered the pro
cess Of anna lgamation now ID Use to-day
by which all the precious ores dug from
the mountain are made 20 yield theii
silver. Yes, more, the very hacienda il
still worked and profitable, III which,
IN 1857 Senior Medina made that dis.
covery so valuable to Mexico Senior
Medina haspassed away, IL is presumed,
but his memory stillli The English
colony comprises about 25O men women
and children, trom the mining district
of Cornwall. The first Cornish miners
came here about fifty years ago, intro.
dueing English machinery and modes OF
working the mines, much to the benefit
Of the owners. Some Of the original
number are still living, Though very few,
md all here now agree rs to the health
fitness of the climate as q place Of resi-
dcnce for English people.
Though some Of them have acquired
wealth and some have retired TO old
England with enough aud to spare, the
majority have earned little more than u
living. Precarious property are these
mines, except in exceptional cases, The
most noteworthy OF all the instances Of
poor men striking it rich is that of the
Santa Gertrudis mine, which is now '.in
bonanza it had been successfully work.
cd and abandoned years and years ago,
and was finally 'propounced"--or
taken to work-by Cornishman who
hos just died.
Forming small company in ISL he
commenced active work. After it was
proven that the mine was paying he sold
ont his share--nine-twenty-ii fths--tor
$4,000. Since then ene.twenty-iitth
has sold for SO, 900, the present price per
hama or share. This would give at that
rate SEQ, 900 for what he got but SIS, 600
for The mine has been Sin bonanza
now for three years, and is yielding
about 5000 eargas of 800 pounds each Of
metal weekly and giving q clear profit
of $1,000 per day. From June, 1877 to
March, 1881, the mine produced $1,000.
600 and declared thirty two dividends Of
40, 900 each--s64O, 900. In June, 1877,
there was but one shaft ofsixty varas Ga
vara is little less than a yard); now the
deepest shaft is l20 yaras. There il o
powerful pumping and hosting engine,
many large buildings and all The appnr.
teuabces of q miue in this section, all
paid for. With ali this profit, present
and prospective, all the ore obtained
here is sent to be reduced TO Regla, a
distance of seven leagues. This mine,
which is located less than two miles
from the centre of Pachuca, is owned
by men who were poor at
the time they commenced to work it.
There are, it is said, two district lodes,
running parallel and less than fifty yards
from each other. At first the vein work
cd was only vara wide, but as
they went down they found q cavern
filled with "metallic slush" twenty
feet wide They were at first compelled !
TO timber around q great deal for the |
sake OF economy, taking out merely |
enough to meet current expenses. What |
remained was pure black sulphurts,
which exhumed globules of native silver
when exposed to fire. One can trace
The silver lode as it crops out above the |
surface and runs diagonally across the |
hills; and if appearances are good for
the two new mines of DR..
Skillton, the Santo Tomas 81 Nuevo and |
The Santa Catarina, to the west of Santa |
iertrudis, are right in the silver track.
We visited these letter, which are at |
present operated by the old-tashioned |
Mexican mode, the metal being brought |
up in bullock skins by lonsfopss of mag
aey fibre wound about large drum OPP
srated by mules or horses. The whole
district abounis in picturesque features,
out none more so than these primitive |
mines. One hundred million dollars TAX
M frem one mine in thirty years! This
s the amount declared on good authority
10 have been extracted from the Rosari |
uine since it was started in 1850, and
,he books show that there has been paid
$500, 600 per share in dividends.
CRIME IN TEXAS.