Asheville daily citizen., 1892-04-01
MINING IN OLD MEXICO.
FROM THE CITIZENS" EX'
WAR CORRESPONDENT.
A Very Interesting Letter From a
Former AshevilIiaM-A Lovely
Yalley-Sublime Mountain Seen.
ery-MOtlern Mining.

Val1ey-Sublime Mountain seen.
ery-MOtlcrn Mining.
AHuALuLco DE MERcADp, |
Estado de Jalisco, Mexico,
March Is, 1892
EDITOR THE CITIzEN-A promise given
is not always fulfilled, for, even when
ono has the best intention to do so, cir
cumstances may render impossible the
fulhlment Of this intention.
Such is the case with regard to my
promise to send you from Mexico some
notes on the reported revolution here.
The difficulty in doing so rests not with
me, but with the border bandit. Garza.
Before left the states one would have inn
agined from the reports sent over the
wires by the Associated Press that this
unknown dcsperado was about to over
throw the Mexican government, that the
entire country was OH the eve of rcvo-
luton, that the canyons of the Sierra Ma
Dire would soon run with blood and the
beautiful table lands be covered with the
bones of the Mexican army and people,
that President Diaz and his. cabinet were
filled with fright and would soon be
seeking refuge in some mountain fast
ness, or invoking the protection of a
friendly power. But 10! when one
crosses the Rio Grandc one finds that
all is peace and tranquility, question
about Cara and the Impending revolu-
tion merely causes a smile in reply, and
people can hardly credit the absurd re-
ports, originating in Texas, to which
his raid had given rise.
i A journey through the country has
demonstrated the fact that Mexico has
never been more thoroughly at peace,
more absorbed in the pursuit of indus
trial progress than she is today, while
: Cara, who never had any following cx-
cept the cattle thieves and Others of that
. ilk who, for obvious reasons, live along
. the border, has retired from his brief no.
! toricty into the obscurity from which he
!. emerged, most necessary step on his
. part, since he was certain to be either
! shot in Mexico or hanged in Texas had
!. he continued in his career a little longer.
Well, this being so, can you blame me
! for non.fulflmcnt OF my promise to be
!. your war correspondent, when there is
! not, and never has been any war. Gar.
"a, if he is not dead, ought to be hanged
!. tor the disappointment he has caused
!. me, and the manner in which, by sud
+ denly vanishing from the scene of (prom
!. ised) conflict, he has deprived your read
ers of the thrilling accounts of slaughter
and pilliagc. which intended to sent
Z you. NY occupation is gone. and th'
/ suit of red and the feathers brought
!: with me to wear while marching will
7 the revolutionary army to victory O.
!; death, am now trying to sell at hal
! price to one of my Mexican servants
I and even he thinks it little toe gay tt
1. wear, except at a bull-fght. Deprived
therefore, Of my position as war CORES
pondent, am compelled to fall back OF
= the more humble position ofsuperintend
ing the mines owned by myself ant
others in this locality.
A Rich state.
Failing news of non existent revolt
ton, will therefore give you a few note
on this part of the prosperous state {
alisco, the foremost and richest state {
Mexico. Its capital, the beautiful city {
Guadalajara. is well known to the toul
list, but here-sixty-fivc miles farthe
west, towards the Pacific ocean. remot
from railroads and in the heart Of tt
great Sierra Madrc-the travellers tc
pleasure never comes. With the exec
ton of my associates and myself, II
foreigners own mines in this rich miner;
district, and slight discri ption of tho'
which we hold may therefore prove
interest.
This group ofmines known respective
as San Pedro el Viejo, FL Patrocinio All
La Candelaria. are situated in mou
tain range, 1900 feet above sea level at
$500 feet above the valley, in which tt
town of Ahualulco Ia place about 12(
inhabitants) lies. No pen can descri
the beauty of the scene upon which o
. Hooks down from the mouth of the tn
mel of the old San Pedro mine. Away
=, the south can be seen the volcano
!NOlltna, lilcly Ill d SldlS Vi flOlSHt dCtl
! ity; to the north is the beautiful lake
! Magdalena, thirty miles long and fifte
:. miles wide, studded with emera
: islands, while the mirror-like surface
! its water, reflects the exquisite fori
q and tints of the mountains surrouhdi
3 it; to the east, Immediately at on
3 feet. is the lovely valley of Ahualu'co,
wide expanse dotted with vast herds
horses, cattle. sheep and goats, t
white arches of the great houses teas
. grandes) of its different haciendas glea
e ing here and there amid fields of luxu
~ ant sugarcane, corn and other cerea
The Oriental palm lifts its plumy he;
a and groves of oranges, bananas. a
= other tropical fruits combine with
sublime mountain scenery to form ST
a picture as is to be seen nowhere SO
on this high plateau of Mexico, with
oi azure sky and pure, balmy atmosphe
the The Mines.
The three mines which have menti
toned are among the historical mi
of Mexico. quote from the diction'
yes Of Statistics, History, and Biography
the republic Of Mexico, by Don Afr
Chavero:
\. c. "The town of Aualulco de Merca
% Iaa1uae ,pest ofEuadalaiara was lC