San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-18

until they broke ground in Janu-
ary, 1889, for the building Of the
Monterey and Mexican Calf rail-
road, that any efforts were made to
develop the mines or discover new |
ones.
1t was in that year that Joseph
A. Robertson, Esq, the late gen.
eral manager of the Gulf road, in
the building and equip
ing of smelters Nos. l, 2 and
3, that the mining industry
Of this section took an upward
start. The building Of those smell
tiers caused the mines and pros
pectors to pour in from the United
States. The abandoned mines
were Teopened and developed and
new ones discovered.
The following mines are situat-
ed in the Sierra Msdre, twelve
miles south OF Monterey, and car
~ the following ores;
New York, silver and lead; San
Felipe, silver and lead; San Saliva
dor, silver and lead; San Juan,
silver and lead; SSn Marcos, sill
yer and lead; Napoleon, silver and
lead; Denver, silver and lead; San
Juan, silver and dead Francisco,
silver and lead Olivia, silver and
lead; Ell Carmen, silver and lead
La Cruz, silver and lead La Remi-
ma, silver and lead; Iron, silver and
lead and marble silver and lead.
All those mines carry iron ore,
which gives them an additional
value Tor f1uxing- They are owned
by Americans in Monterey and cit
teens of New York and New Jersey.
The San Pedro mine, which is in
the same district, was worked by
the Spanards over one hundred
years ago. They had small
smelter at the foot of the noun
tain, where they smelted the ore
But an account-of the revolutions
that prevailed at that time they
closed down the mine and aband-
oned the works.
Eight years ago the mine passed
into the hands Of Senior joaquin
Maiz, a prominent merchant Of
this city. AS soon as they COM
menced to erect the first smelter
in 1890, he put men to work to get
out ore. He put In cable line to
haul tine ore down to where the OK
carts could reach them.
Soon after the Monterey Miner
al Belt railroad was finished to
the foot of the mountain, he then
put in an electric light plant at
the end of the treck to light up the
mine, ventilate 1t, and to work the
hoists. The capacity of'the plant
Is 150, 16-candle power each, incan.
descent lights, and cost 5000
He Is now putting in another
cable to haul the.er from the end
of the first cable to the railroad
cars. This cable is 1895 feet.
Altitude of mine above the power
house is 1,943 feet above sea level.
The output from the San Pedro
mine is 1000 tons of ore per
month, but when they get the new
cable the output will be increased.
He is working at present about
500 miners.
The population at the camp is
about $500. He has erected a
church and school house in this
mountain town.
THE SAN PABLO NINE
Is situated a short distance due
east Of the San Pedro mine and at
about the same altitude. The San
Pablo is owned by Messrs. A. z.
Gonzales & Co. A. E. Gonzales, Of
this city, is president. They haul
the ore down to the railroad track
by cable.
They give employment to 430
miners. The output for October
was $500 tons, which they sold to
the smelters for $4,000; cost of
mining $4,000; net profit $4,000.
Senior Gonzales Trevino and as.
sociates own In the same vicinity
the San Isabel, Independence and
Ell Roble silver-lead mines Re-
Gently they commenced to develop
them.
THE zARAGOZA MINE
Is situated In the same vicinity.
This is a new mine and is owned
by Messrs. Pizzini, Ferrera and Be-
rardi, Of this city. They are now
putting in a cable line from the
end Of the railroad track to the |
mine, a distance of 1900 feet and
will cost $1,000. Elevation above
the railroad track Is 900 feet,
Capt. s. B. Burton, architect of |
this city, erected the electric light |
plant and put in the cable works. |
The out put from the Zarsgoza
mine when the cable is completed |
will be 160 to 200 tons per month.
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