The Lamar register., 1893-06-03
MEMCo'S MINERALS.
statement showIn. the Amount OF Her
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gAtS1rAs
Rlehsni Z Chi.Gi. In a recent issue " the
A,,ii.y and khyibssr1,y Journal, says: Tho
iAtezs report issued By the treasury depart
1aeat siyes statement OF the exports froEi
Mexico iOr the half year from July /. lsy., to
January !, 1898. The values given are in
Mexican dollars The exports o. precious
metals we're Gold ORES. $50. SOD; colned gold,
tjl,Gs' gold bulllol, SIoy, ,2y4; gold Ia mixed
hillios, l5'siC; total. SiJS.0JI- Silver ores,
sSNn-.di; coined silver. siG, SO 100; slyet
slass. ~. silver sulphidcs, s5i3.gca, silver
bulllCs, e. aoj,6E; silver In miIed bu.liou,
tl,aSO, "a, srgcnulerous lead, g., l3+. .0s2;
Total silver, s!1ua5, ll5 The total value Of
gold and silver exported was thus go, $50 Os-S.
iae value ni the COPPER exported was; Ar
gcut.fcryus copper. 81 COO copper, $50. lG7 7,
total, fIss,iJi, Of This copper I,soO, ,UOD lSiio-
sranurs were exported from the port Of
santa RosailA, 10 l.yxer California, where IL
locatcl the Preach BoleO Copper Company, /,
a3l SiJ E!lOZrsmmes were exported through
Ne1 Laredo, TsHiaulipas and probably came
'rUa the copper mines of Coneepcion del
ORC, IN The state oi Lacaiec1s aud from the
Pauanco mines near tsndela, in the state OF
JoAhula. The expectation OF copper
ihro1sh Eag,ie pass was 3E,SO2 klloyrammes,
probably from ullnc, aloag the line OF the
Mcl can Central fgllruId IN the state Of
AEI!as Caheutes. The total c-portation OF
copper va Sos, az ktioggammes, OF which
3js.-T- kiloErannrs Nrut 10 the United
states, go klogmmmrs 10 rance, and T.
10 80 klJEramucs 70 England. Copper ore
Was exported To ihe amount OF AZ ,dsj kiIo-
srAfnaies, ralned Al sll,5ls
"Besidrs the argcntifeTous lead or base bpi-
Iios noted above, pure esd exported to
the amount Of - 1911 kiDgramines, yslusd a.
s5Jcgl OF lead ores there we're exported
~ 755 kflosEAumes. valued at 800. Zinc
ares weEr exported To the amount OF l63, ,O23
xiloSI znEses, valued at - O0O.
HHFaH Ma
srAmmcs Of coal. valued Al 81, 7oi, all to the
tniiel Stats, 81 800 kilogrammes OF rough
Marble Itealicd Mexican cnyrl, valued q:
sf13 sj7, and 2js, so kIlosrammes OF graphite,
Yaned At s. GO. This latter was all exported
thoush Guayma. Sonora and Nogales, Ari-
Eopa. and proceeded from some miues IN the
-iai- Of sonora Owned by parties in San
Fr5uei,cn. Summing gp the total of exports,
! dni that the value Of the precious metals OF
Mex ssn origin exported rIs Ss9i5ioiUs!; the
yalut Of the bs-se metals and base metal ores
eIposed was ss5',45O; the value OF all re-
naiBng exports, mostly agricultural prod
ucts, 'ss s. 6y7, 2!2j; making total OF 80 =
HAS,
TN, total differs slightly FROM the figure,
stated a the treasury report, from which Ihe
staustts are taken, as J have omitted some
export. o, foreign origin which were included
In the liiie!sl figures. In order 10 snow Only
the eNpirts actually OF Mexican origin.
at WNl De noted that iron Is not iucluded
Ia the lis OF Mexican exports. although the
country (ouialns some OF the largest deposits
Of that rieial 10 the world. What the present
t,rosluct,lu Of i-an I. 10 the country cannot
even be slcssed Ag, but the subject was inNes-
ugaied hyhe irst iSo months OF ms year oy
Nj. John B.rkinbine of Philadelphia, Who
viii have iome most valuable reports TO max .
II the circamstauces OF his yisit here should
enabie hiuito 1--WE his figures to the public.
The md, notable thing 10 all the array OF
figures Is rl,u the s!lEer product. or Al least
the silver exported. which Is ID: measure OF
the product, has diminished s. t.9 so frcn
The amount exported dGrlng the half year
from July !, tS9l, TO january J, lag, lhis
rrprcseated tie best fruits Of the mining law
which has ben recently adopted in Mexico,
and which. aIrlng the iirst six months OF u
operation, has caused a falling oil OF the sil-
yer product tOlhc extent G' SIS per eel!.