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wheat. The southern plains are largely devoted to stock-raising. Guanajuato has suffered much from the destruction of its forests, but there remain some small areas on the higher elevations of the See also:

north. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of the state is See also:

MINING

mining, the See also:

MINERAL

mineral See also:

WEALTH

wealth of the See also:

mountain ranges of the north being enormous.

Among its mineral products are See also:

SILVER

silver, See also:

gold, See also:

TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin, See also:

lead, See also:

mercury, See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper and opals. Silver has been extracted since the See also:

early days of the See also:

SPANISH

Spanish See also:

CONQUEST

conquest, over $800,000,000 having been taken from the mines during the subsequent three and a half centuries. Some of the more productive of these mines, or See also:

groups of mines, are the Veta Madre (See also:

MOTHER

mother lode), the San Bernabe lode, and the Rayas mines of Guanajuato, and the La Valenciana mine, the output of which is said to have been $226,000,000 between 1766 and 1826. The manufacturing establishments include See also:

FLOUR

flour See also:

mills, tanneries and manufactories of See also:

leather, See also:

cotton and woollen mills, distilleries, foundries and See also:

POTTERIES, THE

potteries. The Mexican Central and the Mexican See also:

NATIONAL

National railway lines See also:

CROSS

cross the state from N. to S., and the former operates a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch from Silao to the state See also:

capital and another westward from Irapuato to See also:

GUADALAJARA

Guadalajara. The capital is Guanajuato, and other important cities and towns are See also:

Leon, or Leon de See also:

las Aldamas; Celaya (pop. 25,565 in 1900), an important railway junction 22 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail W. from Queretaro, and known for its manufactures of broadcloth, See also:

SADDLERY

saddlery, See also:

SOAP

soap and sweetmeats; Irapuato (18,593 in 1900), a railway junction and commercial centre, 21 M. S. by W. of Guanajuato; Silao (15,355), a railway junction and manufacturing See also:

TOWN

town (woollens and cottons), 14 m. S.W. of Guanajuato; See also:

Salamanca (13,583), on the Mexican Central railway and Lerma See also:

RIVER

river, 25 in. S. by E. of Guanajuato, with manufactures of cottons and See also:

PORCELAIN

porcelain; Allende (10,547), a commercial town 30 in. E. by S. of Guanajuato, with mineral springs; See also:

VALLE, PIETRO DELLA (1586–1652)

Valle de See also:

SANTIAGO, or SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago (12,660), 50 M. W. by S. of Queretaro; Salvatierra (10,393), 6o m.

S.E. of Guanajuato; Cortazar (8633); La Luz (8318), in a See also:

rich mining See also:

DISTRICT

district; Penjamo (8262); See also:

SANTA

Santa Cruz (7239); San Francisco del Rincon (10,904), 39 in. W. of Guanajuato in a rich mining district; and Acambaro (8345), a prosperous town of the See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, 76 m. S.S.E. of Guanaivato.

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