CONTENTS. 



MEXICAN RESOURCES. 



PACE 



Area and Boundaries i 



Physical Features of Coast and Plateaux . 2 

 Climate and Seasons ; Mountains, Rivers, 



Lakes, etc 3 



Zones of Vegetation 4 



Flora of Mexico .... 5 



Timber and Construction Woods 5 



Cabinet and Dye Woods 7 



Cereals, Textile Plants, etc 8 



Wild and Cultivated Fruits g 



Medicinal Plants 10 



Flowers and Ornamental Plants 11 



Aztec -Agriculture ........ 12, 13 



Real Estate in Mexico ; Seedtime and Har 



vest 14 



Agriculture on the Table-land 15 



Agriculture in the Hot Coast Region ... 16 



Horse and Cattle Raising 17, 18 



Sheep, Goats, and Swine 19 



Irrigation and Improved Agriculture . ... 20 

 7"ables showing Annual Agricultural Produc- 

 tions ... 21 



Special Products : Arrowroot, Banana, and 



Plantain 22 



Cacao, Cactaceae, Cassava, Chirimoya ... 23 



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Coca and Coco-palm 24 



Coffee : Culture, Range, and Production . 25, 26 

 Cotton : Ancient and Modern Cultivalion ; 



.Amount produced, 27 



Henequen, or Sisal Hemp 28 



Indigo, Cochineal, Maize, and Wheat ... 29 



Rice, Sarsaparilla, and Vanilla 30 



Sugar-cane : Cultivation and Production . . 31 



Tobacco 32 



Mineral Regions of Mexico 33 



History of Mexican Mines 34 



Ancient Mines of the Aztecs 35 



The Great and Famous Mines 36 



Total Product of Mexican Mines . . . 37, 38, 39 



Gold, when and where found 40 



Silver, Prmcipal Veins 41 



Quicksilver 42 



Iron, Copper, Lead, Sulphur, etc 43 



Precious Stones, Opals, etc 44 



Obsidian, Salt, Coals, and Miner.il Oils ... 45 

 Mexican Process of reducing Ore .... 46-54 

 Annual Amount produced; Mining Nomen- 

 clature 55 



Coinage of the Mexican Mints ;6 



Mexican Coins ; Weights and Measures . . 57 



A GUIDE TO MEXICO. 



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Distance and Time-tables from all Great Cities 



of the United States , i 



To Mexico, via St. Louis 2 



Westward, across the Great Plains .... 3 



Across Kansas ... 4 



In New Mexico 5 



At Las Vegas Hot Springs . . ... 6. 7 



Santa Fe : Railroads of New Mexico ... 8 

 Indians ; the Pueblos .... .... 9 



El Paso and the Rio Grande ..... 10 



Chihuahua, Durango, and Zacatecas ... it 



Mines of Zacatecas 12 



Lagos, Leon, and Guanajuato 13, 14 



The Baxio, Salamanca, Celaya . ..... it; 



Quereiaro 16 



The Valley of Mexico .17 



Ciiy o( Mexico ; Hacks and Street-railroads 18 

 Foreign Consuls ; Hotels and Restaurants 19 



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Theatres, Banks, Plazas and Paseos ... 20 

 Churches, Museums, Libraries: Suburban Vil- 

 lages . . 21 



Chapultepec, Guadalupe, Tezcoco, etc. ... 22 



Historic i'owns of the Valley 23 



Distance and Time-tables across Texas ... 24 



.Austin and San .Antonio 25 



Monterey, Northern Mexico 26 



Saliillo ; Biiena Vista Battle-ground. ... 27 



San Luis Polosi ; down the Mexican Plateau . 28 



To Mexico City via New Orleans 29 



Vera Cruz and the Gulf Coast 30 



To Mexico via Cuba and Yucatan ; the .Alex- 

 andre Steamers 31 



Yucatan and Vera Cruz 32 



Cordova, Orizaba. Piiebla, Pachuca .... 33 



San Francisco to Mexico 34 



Acapulco and West Coast of Mexico .... 35 



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