CONTENTS. 



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CONTENTS OF GEOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL 



NOTES ON MEXICO i 



PART I. GEOGRAPHY .... 3 



Location, Boundaries and Area 5 , 



Location 5 



Boundary with the United States 5 



Boundary with Guatemala ,6 



Boundary with Belize . . . . . . r. * 6 



Cession of Mexican Territory to the United States . ,...'. . 7 



General Characteristics 8 



Geology . . . . . . . . 12 



Mining . . .13 



Silver 13 



Real del Monte Company .15 



New Mines, Topia 17 



Li Hung Chang and the Mexican Silver Mines . . .18 



Gold . . . 19 



Coinage of the Precious Metals 21 



Coinage of Mexico from the Establishment of the Mints 



in 1537 to the End of the Fiscal Year 1896 . . .21 



Iron . . 21 



Iron Foundries ... 22 



Copper . . . . . > .22 

 Quicksilver . ........ 23 



Coal . . . \ , ' 23 



Mexican Miners . . . . . . . . 25 



Mining Laws 25 



Mints and Duties on Silver 27 



Smelting Plants 28 



Mexican Metallurgical Company 28 



National Mexican Smelter at Monterey .... 28 



