The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-12-12
ORES
IN MEXICO
Are 1ros1y BY Capitalists From
western states, Writes Mr.. A.
P. GLADDEN., Of This CITY
rRI a. 2. Gladden. D

lBy A. p. Gladden.
ocAMPo. Chihuahua, Mexico, Dec.
11-My last letter was from Mesa
coreo. where we camped for the
night. Snow was too plentiful to ad-
nit OF comfort. The day before our
stages drove from Mesa-cofea to
Navidad. where We had dinner at one
of the Green Company's silver mines.
an uptodate Industrial point, with
electrical power and lights The
Green gold and silver mining COM
pany Is we'll known as one of the
largest mineral mining companies in
the United States or in the Mexican
republic. We have passed several
of their mining plants, which are
capitalized each in the millions and
are becoming large producers
Our afternoon drive brought us to
a camping point In a canyon-Callece
Durazno, where we took possession
of a new stable building, which was
vet ,unroofed. w emade up our
banks. had supper at Chinese fes-
taurant in tent and went to bed
with our lcothes on and handker-
chiefs tied over our heads for
might caps" Some of US slept be
tween snoring spells by Nine In
.spector Clarke and Alvin Bassell. Az
Bassell has won all honors on this
trip in killing game, he is now work
ing to deprive Mr.. Clarke Of a belt
he has held for fifteen years as a
slilful snorer.
Basseu was the first of our party
to kill a Mexican squirrel and rat
tlesnake. The first named is about
twice the size of West Virginia SOUR
reIs. The latter was six feet and six
inches from tip to tip with nice rat
tie toy.
From Durazno we reached the
terminus of the magnificent noun
tafn-made road a distance of 10S
miles. which as a whole is the great
est piece of engineering I ever saw
To condense a lengthy detail I will
mention the drive of twelve miles in
the forenoon. There is a burrow
trail from Durazno to ocampo,
which is said to be four miles. The
route by stage is twelve miles. We
reached the top of the FOUNTAIN at
a distance of six miles. In the
descent of the mountain we dropped
over 1000 feet In six miles. The
road was built by the Green Gold !
Mining company at cost of over
half a million dollars. The roadbed !
is single track for wagon. At
many places the wheel OF the vehicle |
is within twelve inches Of the break
on thar looks to be over 1000 feet
deep. If 1t had not been for show
ing. want of nerve. would have got
ten out of the stage and taken the
trunk platform in the rear and
Rugged close to the wall side of the
road
had the pleasure of meeting the
engineer of this mountain road, who
is a young man formerly of Missouri.
I was surprised to meet so many men
from the States. All industries here
seem to be controlled by men from
the States. met this noon two
young men from Ohio and one from
Salem, va. We receive a hearty
welcome from all persons originally
from the States.
We have Travelled through an al
most continuous mining section
since we left chihuahua City, a dis
lance of about S55 miles The
State of Chihuahua is a veritable
gold-silver-copper-lead mine. The
Green Mining Company is at work
cleaning out an old. abandoned gold
mine at this town, which has not
been used for over 100 years. 1t
was then owned and operated by the
Mexican natives and was known as
1t is expected to be n
producer.
While waiting at this point for our
mule transportation, which will con-