The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-21
A MEXICAN ESTATE.
Containing Nearly 100000
Acres of Land.
San RafaoIidel salado-A Description in
Brief Of the Land, the Mines, and
It's Many Products.

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ihe ""o'e""" vi es'"'o VI o"n "","ei
del Salado contains an area OF 200 sitios,
or 5000 acres Of land In one body. 1t
Ia situatod I'm the four States of Coabuila.
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Nuevo Leon, san LUIS fotosi ana lac-
atecas, on the main highway from Sal
tillo, tho capital of the State of Coahuila,
IN tho Citv NJ Mexico II ia In the iuria.
" $1,000
c. -" 80, n..,,a. >,
o'"'e VI san LUIS io'o''' 'oP"p"o vi
Mexico, ana is the property ofex-Gover-
nor, of the State OF San Luis Potosi, Don
Juap Rustamante. who resides nj salado.
fha main ranch an the estate
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"AiEh'
Being situated on the table lands OF
Mexico, there are no running streams on
the same. IL Is waiered by springs,
wens, anu .nhhs vi nI.iliol", mhes'
valleys or mains of the yast estate nj n
Jent8 ranging from ia 10 feet and in
insxhaust,nle Quantities which nroye
the existence OF subterranean lakes at
no great Cepth below the surface of the
soil of the valley.
TIMBER.
No forest, according to the true mean
ing OF the word, are TO be found on the
estate, put abundance OF small trees ana
snIup .,, I'M are useu ioi ,uei ino pm
oaEs ,xi,Iow and mnIh.rriss orc and
tm ~. n,n,,n,oins naL ninos and viV n,o mn"
~, o.dar o"' f'0' anu '''""
vi" M, 1870 ,''.., . 81 .,,,s a....s aoa,,
,,,as orn or,ha bas, I H.
Maxion oyar o,a"h,11e az ,,1,ni,h could ha
cultivated.
oi'Asshs'
here give the native names OF the
variety OF grasses that cover the lands OF
this estate, viz: Lacate chino, mesquite
grass); Zacate toboso, (granu); Zacate
colorado, Gage grass; zacaie siete yeina,
twi,u oioverl; zacaIe eola ue zorra, uoN
sa,a,,, no snec,es y, small ,SSaad cs"i,vi
which sha.n ,ro y.ry fond or ana ,vh,'nn
thev use If are NOT snbiect 10 lombriz'
ns Il des,rovs the disease,
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'Ao'A'
Soap plant, horse cattle and sheep are
very iohu Vi it'
'Ai'A NihNN'
Palma loca palma snmanoquo, are
plants OF the Palm family That furnish
very nutritive food for all kind OF stock.
IIuAITLIA.
ANAL hpsb furnishes very oood food
for cattle. horses and sheen. and they are
very fond of IL.
-onN y. ~. :, M
nr Ta, nsa po and IN MevIoo as tho nnnaI
rhis sstpta ,,rodncas nrincinal,v the va.
riet,es known ms tie Nonai Tapon.
NonsI durasnillo and Nonai ciuin. tho
tlor and leaves furnishiat XII fines good
food Tor cattle and sheep.
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Amone tne no.uous pian's Piouui.ou
ny me es,aae 70 ine hoP n, , ,ho ppr r,
so,oi, npoNe .nen.ioneu' pu' .nI p,i,,a
Pai ono NV moihvu 10 VIC ' .' "
nlopts con Pa distilled intn alcohol
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"hni0'NAi' 'LAN'''
The lands OF the estate produces also
valuable medicinal herbs, among which
are found the laurel, mayoram, ahisseeu,
NE hu"1o maj t,on,a u III luz - ssid nc
cnre yellow fever.
MINERALS.
mn, ",,,,a,aa ~ .,,. os,o.o
, no sot haIia - ~" s vn d tn1 cetorce
Ie .ne ioo, niiis "a VIC ".
anu uIe very Iion III suniv iiii ,s
aan,,,ry nlliions. tha rninara Of tho -es-
tate ars SAID m have counted on The billa
and mountains of the same over two
thousand metallic veins. nrineipally of
silver ores,
cpops
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vhaai cats harley haans corn. cotton
CON also ha cnIiiyated All Kinds of
grain and fruits that grow in temperate
Climates do well. corn fodder and ont
constitute the principal forage.
"AN0hhS.
The principal ranches belonging to the
estate are SaladO, San Salvador, San