The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-03-07

simply a look at the extensive work in
and around the mines and glance at
the mountains of Stag about the ruins
of the old Crude smelling and separat-
ing works, IS sufficient to convince and
enthuse any sane man.
ed. The records positive show that
these mines were not abandoned be.
cause of the ore giving out or becoming
inferior, but to the contrary; first-the
expulsion of the Spaniards; second
the Indian depredations; third-revo-
luton among their own people; and
fourth-poverty of the people in gen.
eral who inhabit these frontier states.
grid. The Indian, Spaniard and
Mexican only mined for one kind of
ora galena carrying silver-because
in their crude way it was the only ore
they could smelt to profit. In mining
for this ore they throwed to one side
thousands of tons Of ore that can be
worked to a profit, with our improved
American machinery. Again the hum
dreds of thousands of tons of Stag
about their old smelling works will also
pay to work over, and it will take
American machinery forty years to
consume it.
18th. The Mexican government and
her people are friendly disposed to
American capital and enterprise, and
are offering every inducement one
could desire to encourage the devel-
opment of their mining interests.
5th. Mark my prediction-inside of
three years there will be located along
the line of the Mexican National and
the. International railways, between
Monterey and the Rio Grande; not less
than ten extensive smelling works, for
the smelling of gold, silver, copper,
lead and iron ores, and the men who
start in now of course are going to Sc
cure many advantages worth having.
9th. This is land of continual
sunshine which gives it great advan-
tage over Colorado and the teri tories,
as miners can work all the year round
with very scant clothing. The COM
mon laborer's entire dress for the year
need not cost over fifteen to twenty
five dollars, while many Of them now
don't exceed ten dollars.
This, "the land of God and Lib
erty," is certainly the invalids' paradise,
and with completed railroads, thou
sands will flock to its principal cities
from all parts of the world. Our own
people suffering fro.n throat trouble,
bronchial affection and consumption
will find this the climate of the world.
The Mexican National railway is to be
completed to this city by August next,
and if so, we predict not less than one
thousand Americans spending next
winter in the romantic city of Mon
terey, of which l will give you a de-
tailed description in some future letter.
vILALLDAMA MINES.
As several Of your readers are inter-
ested in mines in this district, short
history may prove of interest. 1t was
first developed as rich mining region
in 1924, and was worked to profit by
the Indians and Spaniards, without in
terruption, until the year 1910, at
which time the Spaniards were driven
from the country, taking their capital
with them. Since which time they
have only been worked in small way,
at stated times, as revolutions and In
dian troubles would permit. About
the year 1900 numerous "bonanzas'
were discovered, from which thousands
of dollars were taken in a few months,
causing thousands of people to flock
to this mineral region, the mining
headquarters of which was Vilalldama.
The most prominent "bonanza' mines
at this time were "Menas Vejas,"
"Chihuahua," "Morena," "Faran-
dula," "Coyache," "Plrtos," eros
saria," "El Carmen" and "Non-
tanas." With the influx of
new people, some four hundred new
mines were opened, and several new
mining camps were established in the
Menas Vejas and Igu.na mountains,
which were worked to profit. until the
miners were massacred and driven
out by the Indians.