San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-02

tropics they raise a good deal o
tropical fruit there 1t is a ricl
agricultural country.
TampicO-They keep M rec
ord of the number of acres Of
land in cultivation. AS Tampico
is within the tropics they raise a
great variety of tropical fruit in
that district. 1t is seldom that
they have to resort to irrigation.
Between Monterey and Tampico
they raise on the same ground
every year two crops of corn, two
of beans, two OF sweet potatoes, one
of sugar cane, and vegetables the
year round. Frequently they raise
three crops of corn year on the
same ground.
The planters in the above dis
tricts will be able to ship large
quantities of corn, beans, pel0ncil-
los, vegetables and fruit this fall
and coming winter.
SHIPMENT OF BULLION.
During the month of August
the Monterey and Mexican Gulf
Railway company hauled from
the Monterey smelters to TampicO,
for shipment from there to New
York and Europe, ll2 cars of bull
lion. There We're 400 bars of 100
pounds to the bar; total $4,000
bars.
From the 1st to the oath of Sep
TENDER they hauled to the Mon
terey smelters 700 cars Of coal,
coke, charcoal and ore.
Last week the following steam
shipships were at TAM
picO, discharging merchandise
for merchants along the line of
the Monterey and Mexican Gulf
railway: The Ravendale, from
Progreso and Compecha; the Sara
tOga, of the Ward line, from New
York; the Astronomer, of the Har-
rison line, from New York, and the
Jose Romero, from Europe.
MINERS AND MINES.
During the past week | have
met number of mining men in
the city. Some of them are still
waiting and watching the proceed
ings of the United States Senate.
Some of them favor the uncon-
ditional repeal of the Sherman
bill, while all of them are(
in hopes that they will establish a
ratio of some kind between gold
and silver.
Mr.. j. H. Byrne, superintendent
of the Parvemir railway Of Match
uala was in the city a few days
ago. He informed me that the
Santa Fe mine was practically
closed down. The Santa Fe has
been one of the best producing
mines in the Matchuala district,
and has been it's main stay for
generations, but as they concluded
to close down they have thrown
hundreds of miners out Of employ
ment and thousands of families
who depended on them without
any means of support, and a great
deal of suffering will exist among
them the coming winter.
The proprietOrs of La Paz mine
have commenced to rebuild the
shelters that were erected, and then
abandoned by the Spanards dur
ing the revolutions. Some of the
smelters are now in operation, and
they have smelted already about
800 tons of ore.
Mr.. Dingwall who is in charge
of the works and mines is putting
in a water jacket for the purpose
of smelling all the products of the
mines in that district. At present
they are shipping about 100000
tons of ore a month to the Mon
terey smelterS.
Mr.. Oscar Pratt, an expert miner
who has been for about three
years interested in the mines in the
Catorce district, is in Monterey on
pleasure bent and has rooms at the
Hotel Iterbide.
The municipality of Matehuala
will grant liberal concessions to
any person or persons that will
sink artesial wells in that city and
district.
SHORT STOPS.
The "Alba Spanish Comique OPP
era company" opened the theatre
cal season Saturday night at the
"Theatro Progreso." tbs conceded
by all who have seen and heard
them play, that they are not only
the best but handsomcst Opera
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