Show althof mexico f 1 the mineral wealth 0 athe the country over which t oleona maximill V fill a na gwin exorcise exercise control is the gold silver quiche liver iron and copper mines rival those of any other country in the world but under th control of a race fickle ln purpose ana aa intensely lazy caring only for tte theses pres t ent and nothing for the fugue the theme balai I 1 haap never produced accord according liag to L 0 their richness sg it is asserted we know not with how much truth that the there re are over one thousand silver min mines es in that country yielding about forty million of dollars a year the quicksilver mines now pen open ed number about twenty five and and furn ish three hundred thousand pounds an dually gold isalio is also found in the ibe cor di lleras and iron and copper can also bo be produced in lavish abundance portions of mexico contain the finest agricultural lands in the world the foll following 0 wi n g r remarks L marks s are from one of our exchanges 11 in mexico there are arc over one thousand silver mines yielding be between thirty five and forty millions a year the value of these minis mines is increased by bytho the fact that there are mines minca of quicksilver which yield from fifty to three hundred thousand pounds annually gold is also found in large quantities stated variously at from three millions of dollars upwards these mines are generally located on the top of the cordilleras cordilleran Cordi lleras and have been wrought for ames ages gold and silver vases of great value and workmanship were sent back to spain by the first conquerors as spoils i of war iron and copper are also pro i dueer in abundance one great hind bind i 1 ranee rance to the realizing of this mineral wealth is the diff difficulty lenIty of iran transporting sporting it to the sea board there being neither railroads nor navigable rivers in tb the e country andice and the only means of transporting being the backs of mules mines the commercial inertness and want of mechanical enterprise of the people and the small extent I 1 for or which the combination and division or of hard labor ire are carried have also contributed with general insecurity of property to prevent the various natural riches odthe country froin their lull development |