Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-28
MASHED ON MEXICO.
The Great Mineral Wealth Of Durango
as Delineated by the Amer
lean Consul.
Yankee Capitalists Putting Their Dollars
into Mexican mines-Interesting Notes
OF Travel Among the Axtooa.

Hon. Frederick Dunn, United States
consul at Durango, Mexico, at one time
prominent citizen of Denison. this state,
in company with ex-Gov. Josiah Begole
of Michigan, and his son, C. NJ. Beg lie,
passed through Fort Worth yesterday on
the Missouri Pacific, en- route to Chicago.
They have been to visit the great "iron
mountain" at Durango and the chief
points of interest In our sister republic.
They are large stockholders in the Mex
lean Iron Mountain Manufacturing com
papy OF Des MONIES, Iowa, OF which Mr..
Dunn is director.
Gov Begole is hale, nne-looking old
gentleman OF seyentY-two years, with a
kindly face and courtly, affable manners
He has been In public life as member of
state and national legislatures for many
years, and has had an interesting
experience as politician. In
1882 he was elected governor
OF Michigan on the Denocratic- Green
back fusion ticket, running $4,000 votes
ahead of his state ticket, ana was the
first state officer not Republican elected
by the "Wolverines" in tuirty-two years.
The governor stated that while their trip
to Mexico was one of business, they
found much to interest them, and he goes
home with kinder feeling toward our
neighbors across the Rio Grande.
FAMOUS HILL
The company fsrred to owns the
famous "Cerro de Mercsdo," situated
about one mile from the city OF Durango,
described in "Ward's Mexico, ediuon
1879" as being a hill or mountain Of solid
iron ore, containing magnetic, hematlic and
ri rsal rtn ar,A
purity. IL Is one mile long, one.third to
one-half mile wide and GOO feet high, and
Is estimated to contain above ground
between four hundred and five hundred
million tons OF ore. Fire clay, stone,
lime, sand and timber abound In the i'm
mediate vicinity and upon the ranch OF
the company, which confirms upwards OF
sixty thousand acres OF land.
WEALTH GALORE.
The city Of Durango was commenced In
the Sixteenth century, and Is chiefly
famous for its iron mountain, tin and
silver mines, the latter having during the
lifetime Of Zsmbrlno, produced enough
silver to pay into the Spanish treasury
Gil 900 ,000 this sum being one half If
the total amount mined. The thu Is being
worked by st. Louis parties. 1t contains
$4,000 inhabitants, has stone-pRved streets,
Ave public and private baths, which get
their water supply from the Cerr0de
Remidios cam of Remedies) The
water Is mineral and warm (tempera-
ture sc degrees Fahrenheit) They have
tel, phone aud telegraph lines and market
houses as fine as any In the United States
In cities ten times as large. The Mexican
Iron Mountain Manufacturing company
has erected fifty ton hlast furnace, cast
log and stock house ls0x60 feet, a machine
snop and foundry lS6x6G aud 20 feet high,
and laid the foundation for rolling mill
OF 8 900 tons annual capacity.
They will commence making iron Janu-
airy 10, 1887 The officers are: James
Callahan, presidents Lieut. Gov. j. A. /.
Hall, secretary; Hon. II p oyd, Gin
cinnati, Ohio, yice-president; George Z,
Baker, president Baker Barb Wire Co.,
general manager; all OF Des moines, Iowa.
DR. o. B. Jones, superintendent Soldiers
aud Sailors Home, Xenia, o. Senator 7
ID Bsyless, Elkader, Iowa. Hon. W +.
Sapp, Hon. Geo. II. Wright and Hon.
james Kaotts of Council Bluffs, Iowa, are
dir Ltors In the company. From 200 600
TO 800, 900 tons OF iron are imported into
the republic annually from England ana
the United States. The United States
luENlhutu lot Tue year NhASN 0NhS W.
lSs3-yide Nurlmo's report OF the com
mercial relations between Mexico and
the United States--sS, 77S,2s7 of iron
goods, exclusive OF railway material.
One hrm in the city OF Mexico Offers
% take fifty tons day beginning as soon
as their rolling mills are in operation
at Sl95 per ton.
A GRAND CITY.
The secretary OF state, Mr.. Marshal,
obtained pass for the party 10 visit the
castle OF Chepultepec, the present official
residence OF the president Of the Repub-
lie.
This Is situated on a high and precipit
Gus hill, about three miles from the
plaz4, and the view from 1t is probably
the finest In the world. Before you is
spread out like panorama the valley OF
Mexico, with It's wonderful and historic
objects in view, bathed In the silver sun
light with the sister mountains Of Pepo-
catapelt and Yxtaccihuat, their sum
mis- crowned with perpetual snow, glisten
ing in the sunshine, standing guard With
eternal vigilance. The Moline del Rey,
one Of ScOtt's battle grounds che tree
In which Cortez hid during the night
when he thought ALI was lost; the
mighty cedar tree, some Of them sky
feet In circumference, and said o be 800
years old; the Cnurch OF Guadalupe,
way across the other side OF the city,
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