. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. ECONOMIC CONDITION OF MEXICO. 181 The early explorers often speak of the beautiful chakhihidtcs, jadeites or emeralds, with which the Mexican nobles adorned themselves and decorated their idols. Amongst the resources of Mexico must also be included yellow amber, common in Oaxaca and the neighbouring states, but of an unknown vegetable origin. It is perfectly transparent, of a lovely golden hue, and, seen in the light, shines with a fluorescent glow. In certain parts of the interior it is found in such quantities that the natives use it even for ki
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. ECONOMIC CONDITION OF MEXICO. 181 The early explorers often speak of the beautiful chakhihidtcs, jadeites or emeralds, with which the Mexican nobles adorned themselves and decorated their idols. Amongst the resources of Mexico must also be included yellow amber, common in Oaxaca and the neighbouring states, but of an unknown vegetable origin. It is perfectly transparent, of a lovely golden hue, and, seen in the light, shines with a fluorescent glow. In certain parts of the interior it is found in such quantities that the natives use it even for kindling their fires. The specimens of this substance sent to Europe come from the coast, where it occurs here and there in the sands. In Mexico there are reckoned altogether about a hundred impor- tant mineral districts, and in 1888 there were as many as 575 mines at work, to a Fig. 78.—Chief Mixeeal Regioxs of Mexico. Scale 1 : 30,000, Silver. Gold. Platinum. Cimi bar Lead. Iron. Copper. Coal- Salt. __^_^_^_^^__—^——. 620 Miles. great extent owned by English capitalists. The total yield of all metals, earths, stones, and combustibles is valued at nearly £10,000,000 yearly. To mining, which was already represented in all its branches, such as smelting and minting, under the Spanish rule, have now been added some of the large manufacturing industries. Cotton, one of the chief crops in the republic, is entirely employed in the Mexican spinning and weaving mills, and manufacturers, moreover, import large quantities of the American staple. Over 50,000 families are supported by the cotton industry, and about a hundred factories produce a quantity estimated at 30,000,000 pounds a year. The States of Puebla, Mexico, Queretaro, Guanajuato, Jalisco and Coahuila are the chief producers of cotton textiles, which take the form of manias, sarajyes, rebozos, and other articles forming part of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have
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