Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

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regions which have not been trodden by the
foot of the white man. The Mexicans
themselves do not know it and we Ameri-
cans have not the slightest conception of it.
Look at the size OF the countryl II you
will take all the Atlantic States from
Maine to Florida and sew them into crazy
guilt your patchwork will not cover much
more than half of Mexico. 1t is one-ffth of
the size Of the United States, including
Alaska, and some of its great States, whose
inhabitants are Indians, are as big as our
best Territories. Take the vast mineral re-
gion of Sonora 1t is as big as Kansas and
It has q climate and soil very much like that
of Lower California. 1t sdioins Arizona
and it is said to be full of gold and silver.
GREAT MINES FULL OF GOLD.
I net an American miner who had made
something like 81, ,000, 900 in mines in the
central part OF Mexico, and be told me that
the great mining region Of the future was
Sonora, and that the greater part of it,had
never been prospected. Such mines as
have been worked are not far from the sea,
and these have produced fortunes in the
past The Carmen mine was worked during
the years between 1920 and 1880, and it pro-
duced during this time S25, ,O00,0 The
Babicanora mine has already produced $751;
000, 900, and there are other mines which are
turning out great quantities of ore.
Sonora has but one railroad, a branch of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe system,
which runs from the Southern Pacific TO
Guaymas, on the Gulf of California This
territory has other minerals besides gold and
silver, and is one of the favorite prospect
ing fields along the west coast. Just below
- &c shaS SHnra - lno ~ L.
as Ohio, which is also full of minerals. It
has enc mine which has produced s85, ,00o,-
coo, and which still turns out ore yielding
from SIS to S115 q tol. Any ore that yields
over $50 ton will pay BY the rudest Of min
ing methods in Mexico, and we mine q great
deal of ore which runs less than 50 per ton
There is another mine in Sinaloa that has
turned out 200, 900 tons Of ore, and this ore
has averaged at least $50 a ton. This is the
Tejo mine. Its present output is about "a
tons day, and its ore will average at the
present S125 ton.
AMERICANS SEEKING FORTUNES.
There are many Americans now going
70 Sinaloa and understand that they are
engaged in lumber, as well IS mining. The
State is full of dye-woods and hundreds of
tons are being cut monthly. 1t has some of
the finest Of furniture woods, and mahogany
and ebony are used by the poorest classes
In building their huts. The capital of the
state is Culiacan and there is little railroad
running from the coast to it There are a
number of American residents at the capi-
tai and they have I understand given the
place quite boom
How many Americans have heard of the
State of Guerrero? 1t is one of the richest
mining regions of Mexico, and it is said that
its soil is a crust Of silver and gold. Here
the first mines were worked by the Spani-
ards, and the country contains hundreds of
abandoned mines to-day, 1t lies on the
had one mine which produced 495, 900 ounces
OF silver in few years, and it is sur
rounded by great States, which are now be-