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GU4NAJUATOS WONDERFUL MINES.
District in Mexico That Has Yielded More
Than Half Billion Dollars.


Who that has visited Mexico has no, heard Of
the celebrated mines Of Guanaiu ato discovered
in 1913 by packers going from Mexico 10 Iacatccas
The first mine was given III" name OF San l'arnabr'
and two years later came the discovery Of the eel
ebIated San Juan de Rayas: then in quick sue
ceSsion Melada, Santa Anita Franstos Cata,
Sircna, and Il host Of others but it was not till in
the course OF the eighteenth century that Gauna-
iuato reached surprising degree Of wealth and
prosperity. Then all the famous mines were al
the height Of their fame and produced an cnor-
nous amount Of gold and silver From 1866 To
1903 the mines produced l65 millions in gold and
silver; from 1903 10 1887 the production was
1856 GIG. 800, which makes for n period Of I'D
years the enormous total Of $500 GIG 800. These
figures are taken from the records Of the Ministry
OF Encouragement. and are undoubtedly correct
II We consider that these mines were worked Tor
2lS years before l7T6 and produced at least four
millions a year during that time, and that since
1887 the district Of GuanajuatO has produced
between five and SIX millions annually. II VIII
he seen that The enormous total Of between LOO
Of the world by this district And there are cnur-
nous tracts Of the great vein from which all this
wealth has been taken that have hardly Teen well
The first mines worked on n large scale were
Rayas and Mellada; then came Santa Ani" San
NinCente, Gaia, FranStoS, SlrCnA, \alenClana
La Luz Santa Lucia, San Jose de los Muchachos
and many others The first Of these, San Juan
de- Rayas, is one Of the most famous mines on the
main vein. and the document OF denouncement
is the oldest in the archives OF GnanaIualu. The
books Of the owners show that ltayaS alone paid
n royalties To the King Of Spain Sl7 1853 900 and
has been worked constantly for Il period Of 3i9
years Rayas and \alenciana are also noted
or their great shafts OF octag"n shapc the first
1l.3l metres in diameter and 49, metres deep
which cost 81, 100000: the second 922 metres
diameter and $40 deep and walled in with cut stone
from the top to depth 81 seventy metres. which
cost 81 100000. Going southeast from Mclada
come To the Sirena, which Is now beng worked
by an American company, who have lust completed
fine modern 20 stamp wet crushing mil with III"
Boss continuous process OF anal gamatlun, From
the Sirena southeast oI n distance Of 1000 metres
the vein is capped and II has not been prOspecttd
enough 10 determine It's value.
Then we come IL another important group nf
gold mines of the Ccdro and Carduncs district
consisting Of the Belgrade San jose, San MatiaS,
San Guerra tardoneS and Union; OF which the
most important are tho tedrO, which has produced
many thousand Of tons Of ore, and has thousands
Of dollars worth Of modern machinery on itinclud
ing hoist compressor, boilers, pumps and engines;
Caldoncs, now worked by the American company
with modern mill hoist pumps &c and the lnion
which is being rapidly developed through =
magnificent tunnel, and producing very high
grade gold and silver ores All these mines are
and are producing as this end Of the vein carries
much more gold than the end on which the Other
especially, have big bodies developed. which carry
big percentage Of gold. South from Cardones
and on the same vein, which is here Of an immense
width are CanaleS, Camacho San NinCcnt0 and
several others noted for their rich gold ores, and
which an American company is soon to begin
erecting a gold mill Of big capacity West from
these is the mine FL Santo Nino del Natal ccle.
bra,ed for the rich and enormous amounts Of gold
ore i, has produced and which has a modern ten
Still further south are Nillapando, San Rafael
tata, Dolores. La loca and host Of others. With
the advent of modern machinery and adequate
capital with scientific working under able man
agement, this celebrated vein is bound to make
Guanuaiua,o more famous in the future for the
gold II wall produce than it has been in the past
for the gold and silver it has produced.