CHAPTER IX. 
SOUTHWESTERN CHIHUAHUA-DESCRIPTION 
OF ONE OF THE RICHEST SILVER REGIONS 
OF THE WORLD-MINERAL WEALTH OF 
THE SIERRA MADRES-THE BATOPILAS 
DISTRICT. 
\ FTER leaving Cerro Colorado, with 
•L * its undeveloped possibilities, the 
trail leads southwestward through the 
broken barrancas toward Batopilas. This 
portion of the trail has been so improved 
by the energetic mine owners, and was so 
broad and smooth, that our mules could 
often take up a trot, which seemed doubly 
fast after our laborious plodding through 
the rough, unbroken portion over which 
we had passed. This trail had been built 
