. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . evenings he calls on our Superintendent to inquire if he hasntsomething more to do. Johnny is a great orator and usually ac-companies these final appeals with a speech generaly eulogistic ofhis own good qualities as atrabajadore. You know, senor, hewill say, while in your service I will never flinch. Day or night Iam always ready. You can drag me from my bed, or call me frommy meals, and I will not grumble. You can never give me anytask too hard. If you tell me
. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . evenings he calls on our Superintendent to inquire if he hasntsomething more to do. Johnny is a great orator and usually ac-companies these final appeals with a speech generaly eulogistic ofhis own good qualities as atrabajadore. You know, senor, hewill say, while in your service I will never flinch. Day or night Iam always ready. You can drag me from my bed, or call me frommy meals, and I will not grumble. You can never give me anytask too hard. If you tell me to jump off a precipice, I wifl do it. A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO 63 This is nearly a word for word translation of his latest effort, butit lacks sadly the setting of his fantastic gestures and earnestnessof speech. But this has nothing to do with mining in Mexico, except in aremote way, which I started to tell about in my last letter. Notonly has Mexico been the largest bullion producer in the world,but it has also had by far the greatest gold and silver mines. Cal-ifornians have to be rather careful here how they swell up about. Iacking Machinery. Th^ Retort reaches Camp. Weight, 8o0 lbs. the wonderful record of some great property in their own belovedState, which has turned out say five or six miUions of dollars. The 64 A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO Mexican auditor will probably smile and remark, Yes, a very nicelittle pocket. What they call a good mine here is one that hasproduced say fifty millions, and a big, first class mine is one thathas run from one hundred millions upward. And there are plenty,even of the latter. The greatest mine of Mexico, and of the world,is the Valenciana, which has paid royalty on more than one billiondollars produced. Not far from our camp is the Guadalupe de losReyes mine. It has been worked for a hundred and fifty years andis still turning out nearly two million dollars a year. The famousCandelaria mine, also in this neighborhood, was opene
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