The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22
GuANAJUATo's WONDERFUL MINES
A District in Mexico That Has Yield
ed More Than OO,0OO,0O0.
From Modern Mexieo..


Who that has visited Mexico has not
heard of the celebrated mines of GUIANA
juato, discovered in 154S by packers go
ing from Mexico to zacatecas. The first
mine was given the name of San Bar
nabc, and two years later came the dis
covery of the celebrated San Juan de Ra-
vas; then in quick succession Mellada,
Santa Anita, Franstos, Gaia, Sirena, and
a host of others, but it was not till in
the course of the eighteenth century that
Gaunajuato reached surprising degree OF
wealth and prosperity. Then all the IA
nous mines were at the hight of their
fame and produced an enormous amount
of gold and silver From 1866 TO 1903 the
mines produced $165, 600 600 in gold and
silver, from 1903 to 1887 the production was
$3.50 GIG, 500 which makes for a period of l22
years the enormous total of $500 5000
These figures are taken from the records
of the ministry of encouragement, and are
undoubtedly correct. If We consider that
these mines were worked for 2lS years
before 1776 and produced at least four mill
ions a year during that time, and that
since 1887 the district of Guanajuato has
produced between 100000 and $4,000 900
annually, it will be seen that the enormous
total of between 1400 and 1900 millions
has been added to the wealth of the world
by this district. And there are enormous
tracts of the great vein from which all
this wealth mas been taken that have hard
ly beer well prospected as yet.
The first mines worked on a large scale
were Rayas and Mellada then came San
ia Anito San Vincente, Gaia, Franstos,
Sirena, Valenciana, La Luz, Santa Lucia,
San Jose de los Muchachos and many 9TH
ers The first of these, San Juan de Ray
as, is one of the most famous mines on
the main vein, and the document of de-
nouncement is the Oldest IN the archives
of Guanajuato. The books of the owners
show that Raya naseoli odw rfodw rfadwo
show that Rayas alone paid in rolayties to
the King of Spain 81 1868 600, and ii has
been worked constantly for period OF
$40 years. Rayas and Valenciana are also
noted for their great shafts of octagon
shape, the first 11.31 meters in diameter
and 3S2 meters deep. which cost 81 700 900;
the second 922 meters diameter and SIS
deep and walled in with cut stone from
the top 10 a depth of seventy meters,
which cost 81, 200 coo. Going southeast from
Melada, we come 10 the Sirena which is
now being worked by an American COM
pany. who have just completed a fine
modern 20-stamp wet crushing mill with
the Boss continuous process of amalgama-
ton. From the Srena southeast for q
distance Of 1000 meters the vein is capped
and it has not been prospected enough to
determine its value.
Then We come to another important
group Of gold mines Of the Cedro and Car
dones district, consisting Of the Belgrade.
San Jose San Matias. San Guerra, Car
dones and Union. of which the most i'm
portant are the Cedro. which has produced
many thousands of tons Of ore. and has
thousands of dollars worth of modern
machinery on it, including moist compress
sor, boilers, pumps and engines: Cardo-
mes, now worked by the American com
pany. with modern mill hoist. pumps
etc, and the Union, which is being rapidly
developed through a magnificent tunnel,
and producing very high grade gold and