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deavored to increase in every way its usefulness, and under his director- 

 ship the government established nrnny new classes and the school in- 

 creased greatly in various departments. 



During the French war, not being in sympathy with the Maximilian 

 government, he left for a time his position in the school and took charge 

 of the mines in Tasco, for which services he received valuable remunera- 

 tion. 



Senof Castillo was a man well known at home and abroad, as shown 

 by his membership in the following scientific societies : Sociedad Mexi- 

 cana de Geografia y Estadistica, Sociedad de Historia Natural, Asociacion 

 de Yngenieros y Arquitectos, Societe Geologique de France, Societe de 

 Economic Politique de Belgique, Geological Society of America, Geolog- 

 ical Society of London, Deutsches Geolgisches Gesellschaft and American 

 Institute of Mining Engineers. 



In 1889, when representing the Mexican government in the Paris Ex- 

 position, he was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. 



His chief work up to the year 1889 was in forming the Geological Com- 

 mission of Mexico. This commission has made a sketch of the geological 

 map of the Republic of Mexico, obtained knowledge of the mineral, vol- 

 canic and other products of different states and has transported to the 

 capital the heaviest masses of meteoric iron to be found in the world. 



Senor del Castillo was the Mexican representative in the Geological 

 Congresses of London, Paris, Washington and Switzerland. His last wish 

 when on his deathbed was to assist the Americanist Congress held in 

 Mexico a few months since. 



He died November 27, 1895, at 11 o'clock in the morning, in the city 

 of Mexico. Two daughters survive him. 



Notwithstanding his ability and experience as a practical geologist and 

 mineralogist, Senor Castillo wrote but a few pamphlets on his favorite 

 study. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 



Resumen de los trabajos que sobre reconocimiento de criaderos y minas de azogue 



se practicaron en 1844. Published in 1845. 

 Cuadro de las especies mineralogicas de la Repiiblica 1846. 

 Estudio sobre las vetas y descripcion de un sulfoseleniuro del mineral de Culebras : 



Anales del Coleglo de Mineria, 1846. 

 Descripcion de una especie mineralogica. Named afterwards guadalcazarita. 

 Rapida exploracion geologica de las montanas iinnediatas al N. de la ciudad de 



Tehuacan y del cerro de Tlachaque : Bol. de la Soc. de Geogr. y Est., v. i, 1849, 



pp. 336-340. 

 Reconocimiento de las minas y criaderos de hierro entre los pueblos de Xonacatepec 



y Xalostoc, 1851. 

 Estudio sobre el mineral del Triunfo y San Antonio, B. California, 1860. 

 Carta geologica y minera de los distritos mineros del Triunfo y San Antonio, B. 



California, 1860. 



