Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-03
MEXICO QUAkEs
 BEING FELT AT VARIOUS PLACES
WIDENING ZONE IN WHICH THE
 TREMoRs ARE NOTICEABLE
Trembling Mountain Center of the Re- cent Disturbances-Warnings from the Monkeys and Parrots-Steel Frame Buildings Proof.

CITY OF MEXICO, May 2.-The earthquake zone of Mexico is believed 10 be growing larger. The center of the tremblings is mountain about sixty miles southeast of the City of Chil- pancingo, the capital of the state of Guerrero.
 A week rarely passes that the seismo- graph in the government meteorological bureau here does not record a slight shock. Every few months a shock of more than ordinary severity occurs. The two earth tremblings which caused a vast amount of damage in southern Mexico several weeks ago were the cul- imitation of maDy shocks that were faintly recorded by the seismograph on the same day.
 This earthquake mountain is said to be in a state of almost constant vibra- ton, ard the air about it is said to be charged with sulphurous gas, which is though; to come from cracks made in it's sides by underground upheayals. The Mexicans of that region have super stitious fear of the mountain.
 lL IS that Wutu lHt ItCtul severe earthquake occurred the peak of the mountain was seen to sway back and forth for several minutes, and loud reports like the discharge of artillery came from it's depths. The theory that new volcano is being formed is not entertained by tho earthquake scient- ists. They do not believe that the trembl.ngs have any connection with the volcanic fires
 The cities and towns within radius of fifty miles of this mountain have been partly destroyed several times in the last fifty years by earthquakes. Chilpaneingo was razed to the ground by the shocks of year ago. It was being rebuilt when the tremblings of last week did further damage. In Chill apa and other towns near the mountain there was great destruction of property and some loss of life.
 The recent shocks were felt through out the territory extending from Zaca tecas on the north to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec on the south, a distance of about 700 miles. This is a much wider area than was covered by the earth quake of year ago, and leads to the conclusion that the siesmic zone is grow ing larger.
 Some American who were in the Chil pancingo region last week experienced narrow escapes. This was particularly true of those who happened to be en- gagged in mining operations.
 "I have a mine about twenty miles from the Balsas river, "'said Tom Ken driek, who has just arrived here with lot of other refugees, "and was in one of the lower levels of the property early in the afternoon when the ground un- derneat hmy feet began to swell and heave.
 CT was thrown fiat on my face. The Mexicans knew instantly what had hap pened, and with a cry of 'El terremon- tol' they rushed pas. m" pell nell in an effort to gain the surface. The men poured from the underground workings like rats fleeing from sinking ship. The moment they gained the surface they fell on their knees and offered up a prayer for their deliverance from a horrible death.'
 Mine Experiences
 In some of the mines the upheaval caused masses of rocks and dirt to fall, choking up the passages and imperiling the lives of the laborers.
 Henry Calton, an American machin. cry man who has lived at Chilpancingo for several years, says that the people