. Facts and figures about Mexico and her great railroad, the Mexican Central . raising of cattle. From Lena a rapid descent is made to thevalley of the Tula river, a region quite similar to that in thevicinity of San Juan Del Rio. Here we see for the first time onour line the maguey plant cultivated extensively. Proximity tothe city of Mexico here makes it possible to market pulque, thenative drink extracted from this plant. From Tula a branch of the Mexican Central runs to Pachuca,forty-four miles to the eastward. Pachuca is the center of a largesilver mining district. The reduction of ores i
. Facts and figures about Mexico and her great railroad, the Mexican Central . raising of cattle. From Lena a rapid descent is made to thevalley of the Tula river, a region quite similar to that in thevicinity of San Juan Del Rio. Here we see for the first time onour line the maguey plant cultivated extensively. Proximity tothe city of Mexico here makes it possible to market pulque, thenative drink extracted from this plant. From Tula a branch of the Mexican Central runs to Pachuca,forty-four miles to the eastward. Pachuca is the center of a largesilver mining district. The reduction of ores is also carried onthere to a large extent by the Patio process. Going southfrom Tula on the main line there is a gradual ascent until pass-ing through the famous cut of Nochistongo the valley of Mexicois reached, and soon our journey from the border to the capitalcomes to an end in the city of Mexico. Thus hastily we have made an excursion over nearly two thou-sand miles of railroad. We have seen in the thirteen states ofMexico which we have passed through, a great variety o
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