. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . Packing Mining Machinery. Arrival oi a Train,aside from mines that are undeveloped from lack of cheap and con- G6 A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO venient power, the prospector has here an immense field in whichthe conditions are generaUy favorable. There are many ledges,well worthy of exploration, that have never been cut, and oldSpanish workings that usually prove profitable when opened up,and sometimes lead to immense bonanzas. But it requires moneyto do all this, an
. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . Packing Mining Machinery. Arrival oi a Train,aside from mines that are undeveloped from lack of cheap and con- G6 A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO venient power, the prospector has here an immense field in whichthe conditions are generaUy favorable. There are many ledges,well worthy of exploration, that have never been cut, and oldSpanish workings that usually prove profitable when opened up,and sometimes lead to immense bonanzas. But it requires moneyto do all this, and for the lack of it many a promising property liesidle. For, be it understood, this is not a poor mans country for. Packing Mining MachineiT. The Pile to the Left is Home-made Limefor Masonry. a miner. You never can carve out a fortune here with no greatercapital than a strong pair of arms, a pick and a shovel. You must A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO 67 have the stuff—not as much as you need to develop a mine in Cal-ifornia, but, nevertheless, a fair sized purse. A number of circumstances have combined to cripple the min-ing industry in Mexico and prevent the investment of foreign capi-tal. In the first place, the unsettledcondition of the country informer times was an insuperable barrier. Some fifteen or sixteenyears ago, when the Diaz administration had succeeded in enforc-ing something like order, thousands of mining men swarmed intoMexico, principally on^the west coast. It was then that an epi-demic of yellow fever, imported by a theatrical troupe from Hav-ana, broke out in Mazatlan and spread rapidly through the miningregions. Hundreds of foreigners died, and the remainder de-parted with more alacr
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