The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-25
GUANAJUATOS WONDERFUL MINES.

Who that has visited Mexico has not
heard OF the celebrated minesof Guana-
! juato. discovered in l54S by packers go
ing from Mexico TO zacatecas. The first
mine was given the name OF san Bar
nabe, and two years later came the dis
covery Of the celebrated. gSano,guan de
Rayas; then I'm qulgk, succession Mel
! lada, Santa Anita, FTanstos. Cata.
Sirena, and a host 0g'othnrs. but IL was
not tin in the course OF itAe eighteenth
century that Guanajuato reached
surprising degree OF wealth and pros
peuty. Then all the famous mines
were 9t the height Of their fame and
produced an enormous amount OF gold
and silver says Modern Mexico From
500 20 1903. the mines produced l65 mill
lions i'm gold and silver, from 1903 10
1887 the production was S3j5, ,6l6. j00
which makes FOR "a period OF l22 years
the enormous total of $500. .6l5, 800 These
figures are taken from the records OF
the Ministry OF EncOuragement and
are undoubtedly correct Ii We cOnsid-
er that these mines were worked for@
2lS years before lI76. and produced az
least four milnons a year during that
me and that since 1887 the district OF
GuanajuatO has produced between hve
seen that the enormous total OF be-
tween l400 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 has been taken that have |
hardly been we'll prospected as yet.
The first mines worked on larger |
scale. were Rayas and Menada: tsen |
'Hme Santa Anita. San Nincente. Cata. |
Fanstos Sirena. Nalenciana. la Luz.
santa Lucia, san Jose de- los Mucha-
'bns and many others. The first of
hesA san Juan de Bayas. is one OF
he most famous mines ON the main
'ein. and the document OF denounce-
nenUis the Oldest in the archives OF J
iuanaiuato. The books OF the owners
how tfat RaYas alone naid In royalties
o the king OF Spain $l7. 1868 900; ana II
as been worked constantly for a peri
Il of 349 years. Ravas and Nalenciana |
re also noted for their great shafts Of
"tagon shape. the first 1i.S1 metres in
lamfter and 2S2 metres deep which
9st l.fOOOOO: tn second g.22 metres
iameter and 515 deep and walled I'm
18th cut stone from the ton 10 n deuth |
seventy metres which cost 81. 200 600
o'rg southeast from MelIada We come
F, The Sirena. which is now being work
! by an American company. who have
ist COMPLETED a fine modern 20-stamp
ct crushing mill with the Boss con-
nuous process OF amalGamation From
1e Sirena southeast for distance OF
700 metres the vein s capped and II
as not been Drospected enough to de-
'rmine it's value
Then we come to another inonorfant !
roup OF gold mines OF the Cedro and |
afdOnes district consisting or the Bel |
rade. san Jose san Matias San Guer-
a, CardOnes and Union. Of which the |
loSt important are the Cedro which |
as produced many thousand OF tons of
re. and has thousands Of dollars
-orth Of modern machinery on il in
uding hoist. compressor. boilers.
jumps end engines; Cardones. now
orked by the American company
18th a modern mill hoist pumps |
&C., and the Union. which is being rap
ftv- urvrtvT1Trrf through n nTFpUTr1T6FT |
inneL and producing very high grade
old and silver ores. All these mines
re noted for the amount OF gold they |
ave produced and are producing. as |
his end of the vein carries much more
old than the end on which the other |
amous mines are situated. Cedro and |
'ardones. esoecially have big bodies |
eveloped. which carry a big percent
ge Of gold. SCUM from Cardones and |
N the same vein which is here of an
immense width are Canales Camacho |
ian Vincento and several others noteI
or their rich gold ores. and on which
N American company Is soon 10 begin |
rectinE gald-444ill OF big capacitv.
Vest from these is the mine Of El San
o Nino del Najal. celebrated for the
ich and enormous amounts OF gold |
re IL has produced and which has n
lodern ten-stamp mill operated for an
american company. stu further I
outh are Vllapando. San Rafael. Cata.
dolores. Ia Doca and host Of others
With the advent of modern machinery ]
nd adequate capital with scientific
'orking under able management. this
vein Is bound TO make Guam
iuato more famous in the future for
ne gold IL will produce than IL has
cen i'm the past for the gold and silver
has produced