The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-12-07
TOlUCA MINING co. ORGANIZED.
Mayor Macbeth Young, Mr.. II. [.
Seattle and Capt. A. II. Foster
Interested.

Mr. ii. l.. Scaltc. who has re
Gently returned from an EXTENDED
trip through the mining district
OF Mexico, gave the following &C
count of the mining industry o
that country to a Times reporter
TO tell all about the mining
camps of Mexico would consum,
asgoodsrnany more columns thar
'IYou would care to publish. Mexico
rs a great country in many ways
tbut its greatest wealth lies in, its in
lexhaustible mineral resources. Mr.
!. Macbeth Young accompanied me
on my trip and from the time we
{left Union until we returned we
travelled together almost eight
thousand miles. Mexico is divided
into states, the same as our coun-
try. and the first stop we made af-
ter we had crossed the border was
in the State of Chihuahua. about
ESQ miles south of FL Paso, Tex
as.a'.
In chihuahua we visited the ia
nous Santa Eulalia district. in
which are situated the San Tov
mines. of which Mr.. w. X. Bells.
OF indianapolis. is one of the prin-
ciple SQTResaHs ea s.vrahhflnUrri -ceae III. .t,is
tent. and ohe'. CAY, walk under
ground for miles. entering one
chamber after another from which
orc has been extracted. leaving
immense cavcrns in which the
largest buildings in Union could
be placed without touching the
ceilings or walls. The Santa Eu-
lalia district has a record of seven
hundred million of dollars. more
than one hundred millions of which
have been produced since 1904.
when American capital began to
enter tn" camp. in the city of Chi
huahua we attended services in the
famous cathedral which cost nearly
million dollars and which was
built in the time of the Spaniards
bv tax levied on the output of
the Galdiana mine. of the San Toy
group. The MexicanS are very re-
ligious and all through tn" mines
are little ShrineS and crosses which
the miners have erected. The
Spaniards were three hundred
wears in working the Santa Eulalia
mines down ia deoth ct ,i,,nd' fT1"; sJ
three hYrf Tmdd-arn machiner, *, Lo &,
lSan Toy mine within a year's.:me
has been developed and the ore
blocked out to a depth OF fifteen
hundred feet.
One of the oldest mining camps
in Mexico is Zacatecas. which has
nroduced over one thousand mil
lions of dollars. The owner of one
these mines. until the time of his
death. had his servants ring a
great bell inviting all who cared tc
dine at his tables. 1t was on" o
the mines of Zacatecas which fur
rished the money which led to the
discovery of New Mexico and tn
: foundin" of the second oldest towi
| in the United States. When lanes
, town was settled in 1907 M"xic'
: was then. comparatively speakin?
= developed country. with IT
1 schools and colleges and public
: hosDitais.
IA Today. one of the most famou
lmines Of Mexico is that OF Pedr
Alva RADIO. a peon who had bee
eIworkinp for twenty-five cents pc
dav before he made his luck
G strike. TODAY he has palati;
q residence and he travels in a pr
l. vate train, accompanied by bod,
: guard of twenty men. togethe
Z. with his personal attorney and h
e nhvsici"n. The Mexican mir
y owners are very generous whe
: their mines are in bonanza, and A
Il varado has ratrioticallv offere
IL his government to pay the nation
c debt. There ar" many magnihce
cati,edrals. BRIDGES. anuedncts al
cr public works throughout Mexl'
r. which h"vr been built as pifts
ne their respective communities
ad lucky miners.
tn 1t must not I've imagined that
ed the mines in Mexico are bonan;
81 for thrv ore not. In Mexico.
"a everywhere else. there are hi
dreds Of wildcat schemes a
doubtful ventures. NV advice
anvonr is not to invest money
anv mining enterDrise with men
unknown character. AS a who
- e.a4;r4;cS ,,1;il shouu that there /!