. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . pices that make your hair lift whenyou look down, and cross mountain ranges ten thousand feethigh by grades almost as steep as going up a chimney. When itcomes to packing several hundred tons of machinery and suppliesover such a route, perhaps you can gather some idea of the under-taking, and perhaps you can not. The trails are only open sevenmonths in the year, for during the rainy season they are impass-able, and in that period you must somehow get your lugga
. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . pices that make your hair lift whenyou look down, and cross mountain ranges ten thousand feethigh by grades almost as steep as going up a chimney. When itcomes to packing several hundred tons of machinery and suppliesover such a route, perhaps you can gather some idea of the under-taking, and perhaps you can not. The trails are only open sevenmonths in the year, for during the rainy season they are impass-able, and in that period you must somehow get your luggage into A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO 79 camp. You are absolutely dependent on the mule for motivepower and the mule is dependent on the muleteer, who is a mightyirresponsible fellow. He leaves Mazatlan with your freight allright enough, but when he will reach his place of destination isanother thing. He loathes to handle machinery at any price andif he chances to hear of desirable freight at some other point, hewill drop your cargo by the way, run ofT after the other stuff andreturn to your invoice when he gets good and ready. When T. A Mexican Trail. The Best T Saw in the Counti>. came from ]\Iazatlan. I found parts of the California mill andpower pipe line adorning the trail from the first stopping place 80 A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO to the mine, and it has only been by dint of superhuman exertionand powerful official influence that we have finally succeeded ingetting things pretty much in shape. Then, what you want first,always comes last, and you have to hold down the safety valvesof your temper while train after train winds into camp with loadsof material that you cannot go to work on till somethingelse arrives. Ah this entails endless vexation and expense, butin the nature of things, it is only temporary. Finally your plantis all together and in operation, after which your serious troublesare at an end. But, even if there are some drawbacks here, Mexico is allright a
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