. Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years. -ucts. The Mexican National routealso gives communication northwardwith the rest of the world. Practically all of the towns in thetwo valleys are lighted by electricity generated from hydraulic sources. In Tenancingo is the plant of the TolucaElectric Light and Power Company, which furnishes light and power to the hometown, to Tenango, Calimaya, Tienguistenco and Toluca. In Tenancingo alocal stream runs the big cotton spinning and weaving plant of La Sultepec water runs the smelter of La Concepcion, lights a
. Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years. -ucts. The Mexican National routealso gives communication northwardwith the rest of the world. Practically all of the towns in thetwo valleys are lighted by electricity generated from hydraulic sources. In Tenancingo is the plant of the TolucaElectric Light and Power Company, which furnishes light and power to the hometown, to Tenango, Calimaya, Tienguistenco and Toluca. In Tenancingo alocal stream runs the big cotton spinning and weaving plant of La Sultepec water runs the smelter of La Concepcion, lights a district, suppliespower to the mines and other reduction plants and has five hundred horse-powerfor the machinery of the Toluca Brewery. Mills at Calimaya, San Ildefonsoand numerous other points making cotton cloth, woollen goods and paper allget their power from similar sources. Besides having plenty of water power,an abundance of labor, fertile farms and pastures, the two valleys are also richin mineral wealth. Some of the most beautiful marble found in the world is. MONUMENT TO COLUMBUS 274 MEXICO quarried here and the mining industry is very much developed. There are minesproducing gold, silver, lead and quicksilver,. The best known of these are ElOro and Esperanza, whose British and American owners are quite frank in makingtheir gains public. In the Sultepec district is another great producer, La Quimica, owned byGermans who are more reticent but who are known to ship a great amount ofbullion. Besides these there is a host of minor shipping mines and the possibilitiesof a great range of country which has not been thoroughly prospected, notwith-standing the fact that the mines of this state have been worked for hundreds of years. Many of the minesnow yielding rich ores arethose once worked by primi-tive processes and were de-serted because they werethought not to be worth thetrouble. Modern crushingmachinery, smelters, andchemical reduction worksfind a rich profit in these
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