THE BATOPILAS DISTRICT. 3 2 7 
Batopilas is only the history of many 
other mining districts throughout this 
country, and the fortunes taken from 
these mines, and those still behind in 
them, seem unreal and bordering on 
romance. 
There is one mine near the city of 
Chihuahua, the Santa Eulalia, which in 
days gone by built the fine cathedral at 
that place at a cost of eight hundred 
thousand dollars. This was done by 
simply paying a tax of about twenty- 
five cents on every pound of silver 
mined, which was ample atonement for 
any or all sins that the owners could 
commit. 
From Batopilas, north or south, the 
mighty range of mountains lowers in 
height, while the big barrancas do not 
cut so deep into their flanks anywhere 
