The Philipsburg mail., 1897-11-12
GOLD IN MEXICO.
Great Opportunities Presented for In
vestment of American Capital.

Oaxaca is the most southerly of the
Mexican States, with the exception of
Chiapas, and extends from latitude IS
| degrees, 20 minutes to the Pacific
ocean, distance Of about 1870 miles,
and from east to west for some 300
miles 1t contains 27,470 square miles,
(about the size of the State of Maine),
and the population is about 1000, ,000.
It has a great diversity of climate :;
from the not lands of the coast and
the Isthm9s of Tehuantepec to the
bracing atmosphere of the mountains
at an elevation of 1000 to 100 feet.
The gre Crodillera which extends
diagonall across the State from south
east to no. Invest, and thence through
Guerrero, Michoacan, Jalisco, Sineloa
and Sonora, is extensively mineral
lied, and mining has been success
| fully carried on i'll many portions of
the State. The principal gold belt lies
to the west Of the capital at dis
tance of Is to 25 miles, and extends
some 100 miles from Santa Catarina
on the north to the Atoyac river on
the south.
Santa Catarina is q station on the
Mexican Southern, about so miles
| from the city Of OaXaca, and here are
found some mines which were worked
many years ago, with what results is
not known, and which have recently
been taken up by Americans. The
principal mine shows a 4-foot vein,
averaging about an ounce Of Egold to
the ton, without sorting, and from
which several carloads have been ship
ped yielding over three ounces to the
ton. The claim is On the side of a
steep mountain and can be advanta-
geously opened by means of tunnels to
great depth. There is consid-
cradle ore on the dump await
ing the erection of a mill. for though
this ore will run over all ounce of gold
to the ton, it does not pay to ship,
owing to the high cost of freight and
treatment-viz. $40, (Mexican) per
ton. The gold is very free in the pres
ent workings.
From Santa Catarina to the south
about 10 miles IS Parian, also on the
Mexican Southern, the headquarters of
several mining companies, whose
properties are within a few miles Of
the town. Perhaps the most important
of the mines in this neighborhood is
the Rescate, owned by the Rescate
Mining Copmany of Mexico. This
mine has produced many thousands of
dollars and has been worked for a
long time. The vein is some 2 to 3
feet wide, and has been worked to a
depth of about $50 feet. The ore is
high grade and free. There is water
in the lower workings and this has
lead to the abandoning Of that part Of
the mine. Other parts of the mine
have been allowed to fall in. and, al
together. the mine is i'll rather bad
shape. Some Denver parties have a
bond on this property, and are at
work cleaning out the old workings.
On the property of the Parian Min
ing Company work is being carried on
under the direction of competent
manager and the company's mines are
in good shape to produce ore at a low
cost. The company has ordered D.
stamp mill to treat its ores, and the
ores from neighboring mines as well.
The veins in this vicinity are not
| W1uo, averaging tDOuU 10 luCucS UuG
the ore is of good grade and is all free
milling Most of the ore will run
above an ounce to the ton, and much
Of it will run from two to four ounces.
In this neighborhood, as we'll as near
Santa Catarina, there is plenty of tim
ber, and there is enough water for
steam and milling purposes. The ele-
walton is about 5000 feet, and the
climate is pleasant and healthy. The
next point pear which gold is found is
Ella, a station some ten miles from
Oaxaca; though there is but little
mining going on there at present,
There are some good looking veins,
one or two of which have been work
ed little. but the ore is said to be
low grade, and the Mexicans are not in
the habit Of working anything under
All ounce to the ton. There would be a
good field here for the establishment of
a mill to treat ores running about half
an ounce, as there is fine water power,
and labor is very cheap. The above
are the only places near the railway
where gold is found in paying guam
Titles, or, at least, where the veins
have been worked to any extent OF
the mines to the west and southwest,
on Penoles, Tlasoyaltepec and San
Miguel Peras, the writer will treat in
another communication.