Manuscripts
Real de Minas del Catorce records
- Description
Materials related to the silver mining operations of the de la Maza family at the Real de Minas del Catorce, San Luis de Potosi, Mexico. Includes 12 photographs from about 1900 featuring views of the mine enclosures, people on horseback, aerial views of the church and railway transport cars, and the dam from various angles. Also includes one bound map embossed with the name Gregorio de la Maza Utrera: Mapa Minero y Geológico del Distrito de Catorce Estado de S. Luis Potosi. 1885; and two publications: Exposición y dictámenes, Sobre la Libertada de Impuestos a las Platas en el Estado de San Luis Potosí, 1868; and Apuntes para un Proyecto de Código de Minería presentado al Señor Ministro de Fomento General D. Carlos Pacheco por el Ingeniero de Minas, Santiago Ramirez, 1884.
- Date
- 1868-approximately 1900
- Call number
- mssRealMinas
- Provenance
- Purchased from Elena Gallego Rare Books, February 2022.
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Rights
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