San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-02-14
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.
Coahuila and Her Mineral Re-
ources-Prod ucts-Flags at
Half Mast-Celebrating
the Adoption of the
Constitution
Bull Fights
Personals.
HOTEL. SAN ESTEBAN,
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III Is Il we'll known TACT JlldI lHe
Americans (and the same is true
of the masses of the MeXicans)
have no conception of the mineral
resources of the state of Coahuila.
In fact very little was known
about the country until the MeNi-
can National Railroad was opened
to this city in September
1883, and the building of
the Mexican International from
PorfiriO DiaZ to TarreOn, and
the building of smelters in Mon
terey, was there any extensive eff
fort made to work the mines that
were known to exist in this state,
Soon after CorteZ defeated the
AZtecs and took possession of the
country in the name of the king Of
Spain, they sent out explorers and
missionaries for the purpose of eX-
ploring the country and to convert
and civilize the Indians.
When they reached this section
they found Indians camped around
the springs that gush out from the
brow of the table land that over
looks the city and is now known
as the Buena Vista of SaltillO.
The Indians informed them that
there was yellow, white, red and
black ores in the adjoining noun
tains, and table lands and they led
them to where they We're, and
when they saw them they de-
nOunced them in the name of the
king and the church. They then
set to work to develop them. They
set the Indians to work the mines,
and if the reports that have been
published about those mines be
true they took hundreds of mill
lions of dollars of ores out of them.
But they were not permitted to
work them in peace, for the cOun-
try was infested with wild Indians
who looked on the new cosmer
with suspicion, and who frequent
ly scoOped down on them, and kill
and scalp men, women and chill
dren.
Thus they We're harrasts by In
dams revolutiOnists and bandits
until 1910, when the patriot priest
HidalgO took up arms against the
mother country Spain.
The JeSuiteS who at this time
had control of the most of the
Indians and many of the most val
liable mines fore saw that a bloody
war was about to be inaugurated,
they took steps to Obliterate all
traces of the most valuable mines,
and the whereabouts of some of
them is still a hidden mystery.
For the benefit of those who are
engaged in mining as well as those
who want to embark in the min
ing business, | have procured from
the state department the names
and location of the mines that
have been denounced and are now
being worked and developed.
MINES IN THE sALTILLO DISTRICT.
Las Places, silver and lead; La
Purisima, silver and lead old Do
miniOn, silver and lead San JaVier
silver and lead LA Escondida, sill
yer and lead; La Ventura, silver
and lead and copper ;Jahney ranch,
silver and lead mines; Encarna-
cion, silver and lead; in Santa Eli
ma ranch silver anc lead and cop
per mines, Guadalupe silver and
lead La Luz silver and lead; San
Andres, silver and lead; MOntaniVa
silver and lead; Guatimaezin sill
yer and lead; FL Cadral silver and
lead La EScOndida silver and lead :;
La Fe silver an dead San LarengO
silver and lead; San Jose silver
and lead; La COncerdia silver and
lead; FL Placer silver and lead FL
SatOl silver and lead; La Trinidad
silver and lead; and the Oriente
de Buena Vista silver and lead
Many of them are high grade ore,
and contain a small per cent of
gold copper and iron.
THE VIESTA DISTRICT.
There are three silver and lead
mines in the canon Niveras, La
FrOntura silver and gold; Ell AL
ferez, silver and lead La America
ma silver and lead; FL RefugiO sill
yer and lead La PrOvidencia sill
yer and lead; San MatcOs silver
and lead; Las GrOnide silver and
lead; San Jose Chico silver and
lead; Las Cuatas silver and lead !;
La Coleriza silver..and lead; total
10. There are some gold, copper
and lion to be fOundin these mines
also.
MONCLOVA DISTRICT.
San Pedro mine, silver and lead /;