San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-16
ALL ABOUT WONDERLAND.


Returned from Tampice-wiiI Fire
Up-scenes in the Caves-Miners
and Mines 9Th OF May
City Dots Fire-Curios-
ity Personal.
PLAZA HOTEL,
MONTEREY, April. IA, 1892. |.
To the LIGHT:
The Messrs. J. G. Ivison, ID. E.
Murphy, A. Frohhach and Gen. Chas.
Winkler of Milwaukee. Wisconsin, re-
turned from Tampico, and after spend.
ing q short time in the city, they left
for home. by way of Laredo. They
informed us that they were delighted
with Mexico and thar they were most
Hospitality entertained while in the
country.
Their principal Mission to Mexico
was to examine the Ramos mines
which they recently purchased. The
company that they represent were
chartered under the laws of Wiscon-
sin. with capital of 100000
The offices of the company are:
G. A. Read, President, j. G. liver.
son, Secretary and Treasurer, Chas.
Hoffman, consulting engineer, F. F.
Kirkland, financial agent, and James
F. Flynn superintendent.
The Ramos mines are situated near
Salinas station on the line of the
Mexican Central Railway. Those
mines were worked by the Spaniards
until the revolu ton of 1910 broke out
when they were abandoned, and
there was no effort made to
reopen them until this company
got hold of them. They now
have large force of men and power.
full pumps at work pumping out the
water. AS soon as they get the mines
cleaned out they will also set 400
miners to work. The ores from these
mines are high grade and they assay
as high as 500 ounces of silver to the
ton.
WILL FIRE UP.
The Nueva Leon smelter, which
has been shut down the past six
weeks, will again be bowed in. They
will fire up next Monday morning
aud will run It from this on to its full
capacity, as the company has now q
good financial backing.
SCENES IN THE CAVES.
The first excursion of the season was
inaugurated by some of the prominent
society people of Monterey. They
chartered train of two coaches and
q baggage car from the Mon terey and
Mexican Gulf railway, and went up
70 the city of Garcia. which is on the
line of the road twenty-five miles
from here, for the purpose of visiting
the caves in the adjoining mountains.
There were about two hundred in the
party.
The train reached Garcia at 1880 p.
m. The party were met at the depot
by the mayor, Hon. Jesus Fernandez,
and escorted to his residence where
they were entertained by mop and
banquet, and in the morning be had
ready for them burros, horses, wagons
and carriages TO convey them to the
foot of the mountain six miles away.
They were up att a. m. and after
being served with coffee and choco-
ate they mounted the burros and
they started headed by guides and a
band of music which they brought
with them from Monterey.
The sky was clear, the air was brac-
ing and the scenery that spread out
before them was enchanting. Off to
the east lowered up the Sierra de la
Mira, SeirrO de la Silla, and in front
of them were the Sierra Madre. whose
snow. d peaks seemed to pierce the
vaulted sky, while off to the west and
north toward their blossoms; and
beneath them spread out the beauti
full valley OF Garcia. dotted in places
with fields of growing grain, fruit
orchards and flower gardens, which
the gentle breeze that came up
through the cannon, waited the odor
of the rose 30 that the whole atmos.
phere was impregDated with it.
AS the entrance to the cave is some
distance up, the burros were ADAM
doned aud the ascent was made afoot.
The gueids and the musicians led
the way and when they reached the
mouth of the cave the band took q
position within and played one OF
those sweet melodies that only Mex
leans can play. AS soon as all ar
rived refreshments were served, after
which the guides distributed
torcnes, the gentlemen selected their
partners and the exploration com.
menced. Ii goes without saying that
some OF them were reminded of the
quotation He wno enters here have
hope behind" Yes We know that
some of them did, for there was more
than one i'm that party who buried In
the recesses OF those caves the hope
that they would not much longer live
q bachelor life.
The first chamber In that wonder
full cave con tains some of the most
marvellous formations that was ever
seen in the wonderland. The cham
Der is immense, the ceiling lofty,
from which are suspended thousands
of stalactites which sparkle in the