San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-31
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.
Drowned in Well-MillIons OF
Brick Distinguished arrivals
Miners and Mines-PersOnals.
MONTEREY, Oct. 26, 1892:


woman went to draw a bucket OF
water. she discovered a man ana
woman In il. She notified the author
tiles of her discovery, and who had
the bodies taken out, and held an In
Quest on them. They were old PEG.
ple who recently came from San Luis
Potosi. No one knew how they fell
into the well. They had son and
daughter with them who mourns
their loss.
A few days ago we met Capt. w.
w Price. of the firm of J. r. & w. w.
Price. who are interested in a number
of enterprises in NJ eXico. He showed
us samples of brick and tiles that
thew manufactured at their Saddle
Mountain brick yards near Monterey.
Since the establishment of this en-
terprise two years ago, they have made
over ten millions OF brick. The
quality of brick are being
constantly improved. They nske y
cherry red brick which bears the test
of pressure ard absorbs but very lit
tie moisture. The clay that they use
lie extraordinarily strong and very
difficult to treat, but as they have put
in the latest and best improved ma
chinery they have succeeded in over
coming all obstacles. Their brick is
now being extensively used in Monte
rey, and they ship thousands OF brick
by rail to interior towns.
This clay is especially adopted for
making fancy bricks, tyles, paving
blocks, terra Gotta and all kinds OF
buildings where brick is used. They
are now manufacturing brick for paw
ing the streets in Monterey and other
cities iu the Republic. They are also
turning out vitrfied brick, tiles and
sewer pipes which are non-obsorbent
of moisture which are being eXten-
sively used in the building of vaults,
and indoor sewers and curbing for
wells so as to keep surface moisture
out.
They are now making brick and
tiles which they will send to the
Worlds Fair at Chicago, in 1893.
They make four classes OF brick:
red, cream color, cherry, red and
vitrified, all of which cOlors are be-
ing used in the erection Of buildings
In this city, two of which were used
in the building of "Buneo de Nueva
Leon" in this city.
Brick is destined In the near future
to become the building material in
Monterey.
DISTINGUISHED ARRIVALS.
Sunday morning their arrival in a
special over the /. & M. and Monterey
& Mexican Gulf railways Gen. T..
Barton, president of the Omaha and
Grant Smelling company of Omaha,
Neb.; A. w. Gerst, of Denver, Col. q;
Z. E Cast, of Omaha, Neb. and J. s.
Mathis, president of the Velardena
Mining company, Durango, Mexico.
The party 81 ent Sunday in Monterey.
They are travelling in special, No. 4,
of the Union Pacific railway. They
came from Durango and went from
here to inspect the San Felipe coal
mines in Coahuils, after which they
will visit the city OF Mexico and other
points of interest in the republic.
Friday evening Gen. Geronimo Ire
vino, president of the Monterey and
Mexican Gulf railway; Emetrisdo la
CARA, vice president; and Mr.. ]. P.
Flynn, auditor of the road, went to
PorfiriO Disz to meet a party of CAP
italists from New York, and they ar
rived here Monday morning. They
are here on q prospecting tour and
will spend some time in the country.
Mr. r. F. Johnson of st. Louis, Mo-,
is on prospecting tour in Monterey.
There were also q number of New
York capitalists in the city, who are
interested in mines and other enter
prises in this country.
MINERS AND MINES.
On Sunday last we met Mr.. James
+. Flynn, superintendent of the
Ramos mines, which are situated il
the state OF San Luis Potosi, who in
formed US that they are getting on
considerable silver copper ores. They
work eighty men in one of the mines
They ship the ores to the San Lui
Potosi smelters for treatment.
Mr.. Chss. F. Flynn, superintendent
of mines at VilIaldama and Lam paZ u
was in the city last Saturday. He in
formed US that they are getting on
considerable silver lead ores.
Sunday morning Major Jules A
Randle received the following repor
from Prof. J. s. Bridge, assayist. 0
this city:
Gar. load lots from the La FORTUNE
mines assayed 1888 ounces silver
1115 per cent lead, and A per cen
iron to che ton"
PERSONALS.
We met this week Professo
H. Scougall, consulting irrigation
Engineer, Dep. U. s. Mineral, Sur
veyor, late water commissioner Cole
RADIO. Prof. Scougale was in the en-
ploy OF the English government o
irrigation in India, Egypt and AuI
tralia, and is well parted on the prir
cipal of water storage. His missio
to Monterey is to make some arrange
ment with the journals of Nuevo Leo
to stare the waters and use them fC
irregating the large bodies of Ian
that is now laying idle and is worth
IS TO-