The land of Nayarit, an account of the great mineral region south of the Gila River and east from the Gulf of California to the Sierra Madre . ch in antiguo days was one of the most populous and richly pro- 35 ductive in New Spain. West of the river, in the Hermosillo and Ures districts,are also rich and extensive mining regions, with historic records, and yet farmore capable of swelling the worlds volume of precious metals than ever beforein their history. In the category are included the camps at San Javier, La Bar-ranca, Los Bronces, San Antonio de la Hiierta, Las Goteras, Cerro Colorado,Sa
The land of Nayarit, an account of the great mineral region south of the Gila River and east from the Gulf of California to the Sierra Madre . ch in antiguo days was one of the most populous and richly pro- 35 ductive in New Spain. West of the river, in the Hermosillo and Ures districts,are also rich and extensive mining regions, with historic records, and yet farmore capable of swelling the worlds volume of precious metals than ever beforein their history. In the category are included the camps at San Javier, La Bar-ranca, Los Bronces, San Antonio de la Hiierta, Las Goteras, Cerro Colorado,San Juan Grande, Soyopa, etc. At San Javier the Gold Coin Mining Company have in successful operationa 30-ton copper smelter, and are producing a high grade matte, rich in gold andsilver. This company owns and operates the Santa Rosa, a famous antigua the same place the Wyman Mining Company, operating the Animas mine, haserected a 50-ton concentrating plant, and ships concentrates of very high Verde Grande is a great copper property near San Javier, At Toledo, on the west bank of the Yaqui River, but a few miles from the. COKE MINE, LA BARRANCA. various camps mentioned in the two preceding paragraphs, which are clusteredwithin a radius of twenty miles, the Yaqui Smelting & Refining Company, a To-ledo, Ohio, corporation, has established a large customs smelter, now in successfuloperation. A lead stack with a daily capacity of 100 tons has been running severalweeks, and a copper stack will be installed shortly. The company buys oresfrom numerous camps on both sides of the river, and its operations are calculatedto materially aid in development of a mineral region of great richness. One of the great advantages of the rich region of which Toledo is the centeris the contiguity of an inexhaustible supply of anthracite coal and natural cokeat La Barranca, but six miles away from the Toledo plant. Development hasbeen conducted upon an extensive scale through several yea
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