The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-09-30
MEXICO GOLD RESOURCES.
The Republic Believed to BE Better
GoId field than California, South
Africa or the Klondike.


Farmersvile, Tex Sept 20.
Sam K. Hamilton, one of the di-
rectors of the Mexican-American
Gold Mining and Milling Conn
pany, whose mines are situated
on Socorro River, district Of X
than, State of Oaxaca.. Mexico.
has recently returned from two
months sojourn in that famous
goldmining region.
He spent the greater part Of
July and August about 400 miles
below the City Of Mexico in the
state of OaXaca, n great portion
of the time among the Indians in
the Juarez Mountains, northeast
of the city of Oaxaca. Though
in the middle of summer. and
nearly 1000 miles south Of here,
he says that his entire trip was
spent in ideal spring weather after
getting below SaltilIo, as the al
titude (from 5000 to 10000 feet
above the sea level counteracts
the tropical heat and leaves the
atmosphere what might be called
perpetual spring"
At the mines the altitude is
about 5000 or 5000 feet, and he
slept every night under three
blankets. This delightful spring
temperature is found on the ele-
waited lands, which extend pretty
, much through the center Of the
/ Republic, from the Arizona line
to Tehuantepec This ideal spring
temperature renders this strange
and much misunderstood land
capable of producing in many
places three crops year -gener-
ally two-and some places capa-
bic Of producing ripe strawberries
every day in the year. This is
notably the case at lrGpuato,
about POO miles north of the City
of Mexico. The City of Mexico
itself is in the Valley of Mexico
and, strange as it may seem, is
400 feet above sea level, and is
an ideal climate the year round.
Mr.. Hamilton spent some time
in the city and other portions of
the Republic eight years ago, and
consequently notes the rapid
strides made since then. He
thinks that it will soon become
an attractive place, even for resi-
dence, as 1t will become more
congenial as the American popu-
lation increases, as in some places
Americans are settling near each
other, thus forming colonies"
as they are called.
As to good mining in Mexico he
says that this is the leading topic
of conversation almost every
where. Mexico is almost one
continuous mining camp Tor
about 800 miles along the Sierra
Madres, and they spread out for
hundreds of miles, it seems.
Mexico is certainly the miners
paradise, and rs Oaxaca and the
Juarez Mountains furnished Mon
tezuma the gold-tempted Cortez,
so these richly laden mountains
are tempting the miners of today,
and not even the famed Ell Orc
camp is today exciting the inter-
est that OaXaca Is, for not more
than ten days or two weeks ago
gold ore was found in the noun
tains in the State of OaXaca which
assaved 500 to the ton. This
was hardly unexpected in noun
tains where rich ore is found every
day and great development is 60
ing ON.
After careful investigation Mr..
Hamilton is of the opinion that
when shelters are erected down
there nearly all the camps around
Oaxaca, Ocatlan and Ejutla will
yield immense returns. Yet, he
prefers the Juarez Mountain re-
gion on the Socorro and Nativi-
dad Rivers, thirty-fve miles
northeast of OaXaca, because the
ores are about half and half
silver and gold-and "freemill-
ing" which admits of stamp
mills, and there are bold noun
tain streams which give water
power, the cheapest motive power
known. He also says that mines
along these rivers admit of their
being worked by means of tunnels
obvlatlng costly shafts and hoist
ing apparatus. He thinks the
possibilities of the Oaxaca mining
region almost unlimited.
New TalIy-ho Received.