Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-17

" 'Mleuta OF tauinet.WDOus anu
building timber Mt one hundred and
fourteen. AZ the capital, 20 II IA sail,
all OF the different varieties Of fruit
may be obtained any month In the
year.
Among the natives, especially Of the
less favored portions of the country,
agriculture Il carried on almost ex.
clusively with the appliances Of their
ancestors. "They often plow with a
crooked stick, and the hoe Il their
sythe, sickle and reaper. Even their
nay is cut v Nh n hoe.O I'm the north
whore but two crops are usually raised,
irrigation u necessary Tor the frat,
winch j. usually planted In December
OF January. However, ne the natives
of this section do not ne n rule farm nj
mat season Of the year, there u nm
abundance " water. Agricultural
Implements are admitted free OF duty.
Probably the most largely cultivated
Of the cereals Il corn, Of which In the
hot lands, three and even four crops
may be obtained IN n year. Even Ia
the north, stalks Of corn grow 10 the
height u eighteen feet. Corn, chill
and BEAM make up the almost tx.
elusive diet " the Indians. Chill, 0r
TED pepper, i an Ingredient Of every
Dish reli-he'i by the Mexican. aud that
IN such quantities as 10 make the
"innocenW thins he IL eating fire.
What l. said u corn, as 10 thrlft, IL
equally true Of all the cereals, A. well
~ Of all the common vegetables. Cot.
ton j. largely grown o. far north ~
sinaloa, and experiment has proven
the northern par, of Chihuahua 10 b.
well adapted 10 it. growth. According
10 Senior Buston Estdiiatioa dc Ia re.
pubicd hcTio1Hd, an acre Of land will
yield about 1000 pounds of cottonas an
average. Grapes, too, give heavy re-
turns. The cacaD VI Oalasa, where
three crops ARE grown annually, has
obtained n worldwide reputation; nnu
Mocha coffee u not more celebrated
thnn that N Mexico, most Of the sup.
ply OF the United States having "
late years been drawn from this coun.
Try.
but the richest resource Of Mexico
lies IN IT. mineral wealth. Without
exemption tho mineral products Of
Mexico are richer than those ~ any
other country known; and from the
N'N'ANlNN'WNN NfANk AAAAAN 'NNAN Nf'lf
II may well bu raid that the richest
mines ntc yet undiscovered. The
silver bcarlng district, ~ sst down on
the male, occupies the southern and
middle portions " the country,
while the northern States are clasicd
Ne being rich IN gold. The silver
mines Of Chihuahua aud Sonora are
among the best known, recent dis
cUvofy In chihuahua assaying 1900
ounce ~ silver 10 the ton. Authorities
hold that the State Of Sinalna will he
the great source of supply Of the silver
" the world Zoe the nUxt century, that
state being, II IA said, literally covered
with silver minta.v LEAD n almost
everywhere found with the silver,
running ne high ~ 50 per cent. Ia some
recent discoveries near Cnsas Gfandcs.
owing 10 the numerous wars In
which the country has been Involved
. during the last thfoo-quarier Of a
century, many mines lave been
abandoned, and though some have
been Of late yeafs reclaimed, many lie
untakcn today. The recent border
troubles with the ATaehcs make this
especially the case Ia the northwestern
part OF the State ~ chihuahua.
Large deposits Of Iron aud loadstono
are found IN chihuahua, and the Cefro
del Mcrcndo, IN the State Of Durango,
l. said 10 bc n mountain Of Iron, assay
Ing 90 Ter cent. Of pure metal. a
great variety Of marble. everywhere
abound. UyIsum and slate are very
common. aud anthracite coal OF the
beet quality, In nm inexhanstible
quantity, has recently been discovered
Ia eastern SinAloa. After naming .
number Of the mineral resource. of
Mexico, Mr.. Alfred II. Conkllng says
ITO these are Ia he added every other
metal which science hhs enumerated"
In former timcs tho government
owned aud worked NIL the mines, and
even after the citizens were allowed 10
hold miues, a tax was levied ON tho
output; hut at present therc l. no trib.
ute cxAclrd OF any restrictions what
ever on tho ownership OF such prop
Vrty. II II, however, required that
the claimant shall work hiH mine tho
year round, OF provide tho equivalent
N two men working ak months or
four working three months. II this N
not done, the mine may be "dc'
nounccd," aud the claimant busted un.
LEES ho can show good cause for bis
neglect. However, M mines usually
nav working expenses from the 'grass
roots, {" this regulation Is not considered
n hardship.
The manufactures OF Mexico are
comparatively unimpoftant, nouo but
those Of tobacco, cacno, sugar hnd ln'
digo being In excess Of tho home eon'
A description Of Mexico aud it, re-
sources l. no more Interesting than ils
history. And this, not more 80 10
many of your rra iors, from the fact OF
their aniicipatlons tor IL people,
than TINT their country was once
| the home Of tho cOnquer0ra
of this. The Aztccr, or Moxi'
cans. who, coming after the exit OF the
more peaeeAble aud intelligent Toltecs,
held sway here at the time of the con-
quest, In their immigration 10 the
Souih, arc sald 10 have made the shorvs
of tho Great Salt Lake ono OF thelI
stopping places. From there, 30 ira
dillon has II, they migrated 10 the ella
river, Ia Arizona, about where tie
0Alofmonn settlements In that section
are located, thence 10 where the taAah
Gmndes ruins now stand, whence, I,
Il supposed, thoy made their entrance
and neNt aud last halt In tho valley OF
Inc civ of Mexico. Here, after a
time, they conquered the surrounding
peOples aud established the magnificent
court Of tho Moutexumas.
From the conquest of Cortez In Au'
gust, 1891, 10 tho movement for Indie.
pendenco, Ia 1910, the history OF
Mexico presents an almost unhroken
narrative Of mlfTule. Internal Olsen.
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