San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-16


There is not mountain within her Dor
derS buuwhat contains precious metals.
Soon after the SpaniardS gained posses
sion of the country. they sent out cNpIor'
erS and missionaries for the purpose OF
exploring the country, ChriStiani7c the
Indians and find the precious metals that
was reported to them 10 exist in the
Sierra Madre.
1t was over two hundred years ago that
these pioneers started ont to explore this
unknown world. When they reached this
place they found Indians dwelling around
the springs that guSheS out from the brow
of the Buena Vista. of SaltillO. They eS-
tabliShed missions among them. left lew
priests to instruct them IN the dOct Inc OF
the church. and a company Of soldiers 10
protect them until the indians were con-
Verted and civilized.
The balance of the company started
north. and when they reached the north
ern spur of the Sierra MOiada. they met
more Indians, dwelling around the springs
that poured forth from the mountain.
They camped there and named the noun
tain Santa Rosa. in honor OF one of the
saints of the church. They then went to
work. built houses and laid the fOunda-
tiOn for the prosperous town of MUSQucZ.
They cut rrigating bitches and carried
the water TO the valleys. broke the ground
and planted corn and other cereals so as
to make themselves Self-SupDOTting.
When this was done the scientific men of
the party and the miners started ont to
explore the mountains and try and find
the mineral that was reported TO them TO
exist there. As the Indians knew where
some veins of silver ore were cropping
out. they took them along, and they led
them to the place. and as the experts and
miners saw the ores they fell on their
knees and offered up prayer 10 God, the
Il Nl,.,fK.
directing their steps to that rich and fer
tile country.
As soon as they got the Indians under
control they put them TO work the mines,
and before the close of the first hundred
years they were working thirty mines.
and according 10 the records now in the
City of Mexico, they took millions Of dol
lars out of them.
When the revolution Of 1910 broke ont.
all the mines were il the hands of the
JcSuitS, and they were the first driven
out: the mines were abandoned, and all
traces of some of them We're oblitcTated.
Soon after peace was restored lin lS2l
then followed the wars with Texas and
the United States; after that revolution
and the French invasion. During all these
years work on the mines were suspended
and many of them became flooded with
water.
In 1887. the Hon. Alexandra Elguezalue
member of congress from the SaltlllO dis
trict. and the Hon. Jose Maria MuzQuez
ex-governor of COahuila. organized the
Santa Rosa Consolidated Mining and
Smelling Co. They procured commits
sion from General Carlos PachicO, SeCrc
tary of state and department of public
works. for the Santa Rosa zone or min
ing district. This zone is IA y . KilOme-
tiers. and contains thirty silver lead
mines
The concession covers the eastern slope
Of the Santa Rosa mountain. State of
COahuila, Mexico. and it is on the line OF
the Mexican International railway and
mas. In fact the coal fields penetrate the
mountain and underlays the ore mines.
The company have a force of
miners at work on all the mines,
and they are getting out 100 tons of ore
per day. They are now putting IN the
latest and best mining machinery and in
creaSing their working force to 800 ton out
put per day. They are also erecting at
the town of MuzQueZ a smelter, capacity
300 tons per day: and this will be follow
ed by 800 ton shelter
Since these mines have been reOpeneG
the ore brought from three of them have
have shown the following results: From
one mine l2O, one. los. and one lgS OF. of
silver and from 3S to 81 per cent of lead to
the ton
The officers of the company are: ]. ?.
Crugar. president. Alexandra EIgUrZalue
1t vice president. ]. Y. Diguowity. 2nd
vice president. J. =. Crugar, treasurer
+. MenZCubu"ger, secretary and r. II.
N"Crack-R. general manager.
The Icna de Buena Vista company.
Mineral de la Mula MunicipaIidad de
Campo. district of MOnclOva, State OF
COanuila.
This is new mining district. which has
been recently opened, and as far as eX
Plored it has shown good results. The
lena covers a territory Of 3OX3O kilOme-
terS and contains 30 silver lead mines
Each mine covers a space OF l6I5X2l6l5
feet. The company have large force of
men working the mines, and the ore that
they recently received from one of them
showed the following results: Ore on the
surface ~ or. silver. and at a depth of 81
meters, 81 OF. of silver and 80 to - per
cent. lead to the ton. The further down
they go the richer the ore is. and when
they reach the mother vein, which they
expect at 20 meters, the quantity of ore
will be largely increased. They have in
connection with those mines a water
privilege of - horse power, which is Suf-
fcient for smelling purpose. The coming
winter they propose to erect a smelter
There is also abundance of timber and
water on the concession for irrigation and
the adjacent land is well adapted for
agricultural purposes.
The Monterey and Mexican Gulf rail-
way company are going to extend their
road from Treyino to this mining zone.
The officials of the company are: Hon. V.
Villareal, president; Hon. Pedro LANDER
ton, vice president: Hon. Miguel Carde-
mas, secretary, and Emilio Carranza,
treasurer and general manager.
THE la UNION MINE
IL Situatad near la Ventura IN tho limo
of the Mexican National railway. State of
Coahuia. We saw some ore that was
brought in from that mine last week that
assayed IS OF. of silver and GO per cent of
copper to the ton. They are getting out
a large quantity of ore from this mine.