San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-19

haps elk. The ores that they will
sta. In with will yield 200 ounces OF
silver to the ton, the balance will be
lead and gold. 1t takes 100 tons OF
coke and 80 tons of coal per day to
run the furnaces and machiner
They get most of the ores from their
own mines, the balance they get from
nearly all the states in the repu bile OF
Mexico.
They have built two reservoirs look
200 fee. each and 10 feet deep; they
have one iron tank which is 100 feet
from the ground, and it 20 feet
high. This is reached by a
winding stairway, and from the top
one gets q fine view of the city and
surrounding country. The smoke
stack is of brick and is 20 feet square
at base and $50 feet high. They have
an elevated railway from which they
deliver coke direct from the cars to
the furnaces. Tner are twelve rail-
way tracks running ntO the yards for
the purpose of delivering ores and
material to the smelters.
The machinery are run by q Corlis
engine of 200 horse power. They have
also an electric light plant by which
taey light up the grounds by arc and
incandescent lights They are erect
ing three story brick building tor
the use of the officers.
The sole owners of this and the
smelter in Pueblo Colorado, are Mr..
Guggenheim & Sons, New York.
They also have large mining proper.
ties In Colorado and Mexico.
The officers of the La Gran Fund.-
clan National Mexico Monterey, are
Sol Guggenheim, president, aged 30
years; Will Guggenheim, secretary
and treasurer, "A years; A. Fl. Dan
forth, general manager, 35 years; I.
Austin, superintendent,3 - years. Tnus
it will be seen that the men who ham
die this immense plant are all young
men. They will give employment at
this smelter to about 400 hands; and
to thousands more in getting the ores
out of the mines, and delivering them
to the smeiter.
The first ship that crossed the Tam
pico bar was consigned to them, and
which contained coke and supplies.
DISTINGUISHED ARRIVALS.
While we were at the works, Col.
Joseph A. Robertson, general mana
ger of the Mexican Gulf Railway came
in on his private car, and he was ac.
by Prof. A. LIE Page, Civil
Lyons, France; Prof. E
Bates Dorsey, Civil Engineer, New
York; and Col. II. B. Robertson,
Agent of the Gulf road
for st. Louis and the north west. They
the works, the ores and
and they were we'll pleas
ed with the work. They left next
for Tampico for the purpose
of examining that harbor.
MINERS AND MINES.
There were q number of miners in
the city, since our last letter from
here. Butas everyone felt the objects
Of the cold norther that struck this
section they were not disposed to talk
much, but they promised to give US
lots of mining news for our next
letter.
Mrs. Glass, proprietress of the Plaza
IN the new room that the Mexican !
National is fitting up In the hotel for
Mr.. A. More,as their uptown office,
and while all the guests of the hotel
and few outside friends were In.
vited, it is needless to say that all en-.
Dyed themselves, and kept the
dancing up until the wee small hours |
IN the morning.
Mr.. w. R. Sinclair, of Houston, the !
war correspondent of the New York |
Herald, took run up for the purpose
Of meeting CARA. He was greatly
in not being able to 10.
,ate him. He left in disgust and says |
when he gets back to the Rio Grande |
hat he will throw up his job and HE
himself away to the shady banks of
he Bayou city. EDMUND.