Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-09-13
THE SILVER AND LEAt CUES
TIDN.

has had vast experience ~ mining
In Old Mexico, and whose personal
knowledge OF the condition 81 affairs,
with reference TO the 81 liver and
| lead question. is not surpassed by
any man In Idaho. Rocky Bar ia
/ not, as a matter of fact, either o
silver or lead producer. hut many
sections of Idaho are, and what con
Germs the State as a whole should 1
be q matter Of interest to all. Read
carefully and consider well:
r. C Town. Editor Republican pepar Emsus:
The writer has lived in Mexico, |
Engaged in mining silver lead ores
for several years, and the question
has often been asked how can ore
be mined in the interior Of Old Mex
leo, and hauled very often in Mexi-
can carts 10 the Rio Grande, a dis
lance Of two or three hundred miles
from the mines, then loa,l led upon
railway cars. and transported across
the States of Texas, Indian Terri
: tory, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska
to the reduction works df Omaha
, and Kansas City," The answer il
very plain, Expert Mexic an miners
receive about 20 cents pc r day in
, United States money, ard surface
hands receive about 55 cents and
board themselves, while the Ameri-
can miner receives from $500 to
$4.o0 per day. The Me kican can
live on beans (frijole) corn pan
cakes (tortillas) with red peppers
and goat meat mixed (ehili colo
:, rado) and perform coed days Ia.
Dor on such food.
u The American miner, Rs rule
u must have his choice meats anC
70 vegetables, good wheat bread, and
u all the delicacics Of seasons. A hal
,e dozen yards Of white mu slim. and i
blanket constitutes the clothing ant
i bed of the Mexican, and whether h
N sleeps in the open air, in the tnnne
~ of mine, or under cover in n hous
is all the same TO him and give
" him no concern.
Another reason. The valuation
~ put upon the lead contd nts Of tn
C. ores, by the ruling Of a former sec
~ rotary Of the L. $. Urea sury. unde
~ Mr.. Cleveland's admins tration wa
" this. The valuation is placed OF
"A all lead ores, exported from Mexic
!, at the point of shipment. For es
n. ample: We will suppose have
nd hundred tons of ore, sllv er and lea
to bearing, carrying % per cent lea
ht and IL ounces of silver to the tor
ed which | desire to ship to Oman;
The ruling Of the Secretary Of til
eu Treasury was that all such orc
-, must be imported as silver ore, e.
ha the ore must be of more value f
M the silver il contains than for il
ng lead contents. In one ton Of or
M such as above mentioned, we hay
500 pounds of metallic lead, Mt tn
'nr New York quotations Of 4 cen
'ili per pound, it is worth s22. 80, an
10 the II ounces of silver at ri 10 p'
!" :, ounce il worth Sl4.IS, which woul
tic seem clearly to make il II lead or
nm But such il not the ease. We vi
iii. suppose the above ore To be in Il
20, city Of Monterey. State of Nue.,
he Leon, ready for shipment. In TIN
%. city lead is worth 1 of a cent p
ats pound, and that is ths value pl
lils upon the lead contents of sue
, ~. ore. 500 pounds of lead at l of
80 cent pound il worth 1910, and Il
ia silver as above quoted is wort
nal &I41S. Therefore, according
ion such ruling, it comes il to the Z.
adj under the head of silver ore.
Again. The smelters combine
ald Omaha, Denver, Pueblo and kansl
City have made special RI tes with Il
'ne Mexican National railroad, and Il
- Missouri Pacific TO tn he all sur
rxg ores from the city of Mpnetery, M
nal deliver the same in Omaha or IA
" sas City for $3.50 per on. smel
an ing charges to be $500 per ton,
has total of $3.50, being the emit
charges.
70 The smelters allow TIL miner
o.e per cent on the lead contents IF
III. III assay, and 95 per cent on t
nv silver contents, also Is cents ?
mes decimal ON all the ire N and lii
uti. contents, excess over the silie
OF The above class of ore extracted
:. Mexico by employing Mexic
labor cost on an average OF abo
one dollar per ton. Il Americ
:, labor were employed, and the &C
dition of living changed, the CT
would be about s400 per ton,
hea Again. Take the freight chars
!. :, on similar class bf ore fro
s,y HALEY, Idaho to Omaha, distar
rty, nearly 800 miles less, than il is frt
Monetery, Mexico, and the charl
are $1,000 per ton.
our With such discrimination
rib favor of Mexican ore, and the q
was ference in cost of labor, it is pl'
om- to be seen that the American mil
lore can not compete with This Mexie
t. brother.
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