San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-25
Erection of SmeIter Adds
Stimulus to Revival, and
All Holdings Are Grabbed
Up.

Oaxsea- Mexico, March 24.-Pres-
ent indications point to an active re-
vival OF activity in the famous San
Gcroninmo Taviche mining camp,
which before the revolution was one
of the greatest producers of all Mexi-
co and the big camp of the southern
states. The purchase of the twelve i'm
portant mines by an English COM
pany, some weeks ago Immediately
started work. with an announcement
that they will erect mill of not less
than Bottoms capacity, has aroused
the interest of the other mine owners
in the district to the point where it
is believed that the famous old camp
will within a year have reassumed all
of its nrc-revolutionary activity.
The Iapote company, q New York
owned organization, in charge of Will
liam W. Thompson, is now complet-
ing arrangements for the erection of
a huston mill which will care for the
output Of group of the largest mines
not embraced in the group taken over
by the English interests. 1t is now
announced that this mill is an aoso-
Lutte certainty and construction will
be- begun within six months.
Mr.. Thompson is now in Mexico
City completing financial arrange
ments for the erection Of the plant.
No information as to its capacity has
been given out, but it is known that
the floatation method of concentration
will be adopted. as the experiments of
the Santa Gertrudis company at Pa
chuca, which is the mother company
of the Mexican corporation. have prov
EN- that simple concentration RECEIVERS
only very small portion of the
values OF the Taviche ores. while the
floatation method of concentration
makes a very high rate of concentra-
ton possible.
Others to Erect Plants.
Some of the other owners of local
are agitating the possibility
of erecting plants on their properties.
though it is believed that little will
be done until the two strong enter
prises above named have gotten we'll
under way, or into operation.
The certainty Of these two plants
being erected has caused the usual
of new claims TO be denounced
and there is not now single foot Of
ground within several
miles OF the center OF the camp which
has not been taken up, and some of
the new claims reach out into the
hills for long distances.
Not all of this announcement has
been made by local parties as people |
have come from as far as Kansas and
California TO take advantage Of the
promised revival of the camp. One |
Los Angeles outfit has taken up. sew
enteen claims about four miles from |
the railroad station.
The water conditions make it pos
sible that the mill Of the Mexican cor
poration will be located about four
miles from the present railroad termi- |
nus, in which event il is expected that |
the road will be extended to that
point.
The Hamilton interests advocate
he building of mill at the site where
hey put in foundations about fifteen
years ago, but as this is located in
he valley north of Ocotlan and some
fifteen miles from the mines. so it
s not believed that their recommended
lion will be accepted. y
Once Large Camp.
The Tavichc camp, before the rcvo-
ution broke out. WIS an active place
If large population and the plants and
machinery for hosting installed rep
resented an investment of millions OF
dollars. At least one of the mines
having reached depth of over 1000
eet, but this has all disappeared and
he new construction and equipment
will have to be begun from the bot
ON up.
Every improvement on the proper
les was destroyed in ,he meat wanton
manner by either the contesting troops
n the bandits who took advantage OF
he lawless conditions to kill and steal.
Those who remained in the camp dur
ng the years Of revolution tell tales
II how pieces Of machinery, which