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one that could only have been indited by one of the 

 tenderfoot order, ignorant of the real wealth of the 

 State. 



The working of the silver mines at Leadville a few 

 years aften\-ard dispelled the gold monopolizing theory 

 most effectually, as that region has yielded up to the 

 present time a good deal more than a hundred millions 

 of the white metal. 



As my work published in 1865 is out of print I will 

 intrude some extracts in verification of the prophecy I 

 then made : 



' ' The silver fields now discovered in Colorado, upon 

 the western slope of the range, but a short distance 

 from the gold belt of veins, are apparently in promi- 

 nence and value beyond any known in the world, and 

 the results that will be realized there within the next 

 few years will constitute an epoch in the history of 

 silver mining. Were it generally known to-day how 

 rich and inviting the silver fields of Colorado are we 

 should witness an attention and investment there more 

 conspicuous than any exhibited before during the pres- 

 ent age. An excitement of magnitude is inevitable 

 and will come." 



"The wealth of the mines of Mexico is historic. 

 We are informed by Humboldt in his Essai Politique 

 that 'the yield of the Mexican mines since the con- 

 quest to 1803 had been $2,027,952,000, all of which 

 was produced from a few central spots, and the mining 

 confined to a comparatively limited circle.' The reg- 

 istered coinage of the Mint of Mexico, from the years 

 1733 to i860, shows $1,741,573,107. 



"The following registered yields of a few Mexican 

 mines may be interesting to the reader : 



