Id
377
Idno
A0087
Type
Documents
Title
Mines and quarries
Description
Wide horizontal sheet with two folds. It presents a table with the census of the mines and their main production.
Authorship
Language
Spanish
Transcription
Translated: Secretary of Development Colonization and Industry / General Director of Statistics of the Mexican Republic / Ballot to collect data on the mining industry / Mining and Quarries / Territoty of the Baja California /// Name of the mine or quarry: Reyna de América / Sacramento / San Rafael / La Miseria / La Bebelama / El Chivato / Las Canoas / San Cayetano / La Lucía / La Trinidad / Las Animas / El Tesoro / La Casualidad / La Matancita /// Name of the Company or owner: Felix Vermont / Federico Cota and Antonio Bianchi / Compañía de Cacachilas /// Location: Place where it is located: Rancho de Las Canoas / Rancho del Puerto del Soldado / Rancho El Ranchito / Rancho La Bebelama / Rancho Cacachilas / Rancho Las Canoas / Rancho Cacachilas > Municipality to which it belongs: Municipality of La Paz > District, party, [illegible] or department: Partido Sur /// Exploitation: if is in exploitation or paralyzed: paralyzed > Main substances: Gold / gold / silver / silver / silver / gold / gold / silver > weight in kilos of mined mineral > value in weight of mined mineral /// Number of workers employed: men > women > totals /// Observations: The "Reyna de América" and "Sacramento" mines are not yet in operation, as the respective property titles have recently been issued / There are some other mines whose complaints are still being processed, such as the following: Oro, Fortuna, Palmita, Libertad, Florida, Porvenir, Atalaya, Gobernadora, Palma, Creston, Colorado, Blanca and Gilaña; of silver and gold: Sinai; of copper and gold: Orizaba; silver: Parisina, Providencia, Lucía and Irma / There are also some other mines without an owner and abandoned since some years ago. / There are several quarry sites in the municipality, but only one that exists on the edge of this city in a section of land belonging to the ejidos that the City Council has reserved, it is exploited on a short scale by different people. / La Paz, March 9, 1898 / F. Uzarraga / rubric
Broadcast date
March 9, 1897
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