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Mexico's Rich Mineral Lands Draw Foreign Investors
The article details decades of Anglo American investment in Mexican mining, highlighting Coahuila and Sonora districts. It notes Diaz's favorable policy, metallurgical prospects with cyanide processing, water access, and the roles of the Texas Land Mining & Projections and Progresso Mining companies, including leaders Fischer, Cannon, Coffman, Tremlett, and Dr. William Hope Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Edgecombe
The
Republic
Mexico
Diaz
Sylvanite
Cananea
Gold Pass
Sonora
Coahuila
North American
Republic of Mexico
la Gloria
Monclova
Panuco
Texas Land, Mining & Prosections Company
San Antonio
Texas
Alamo City
Meticd
A. M. Fischer
C. W. Cannon
J. J. Coffman
H. W. Tremlett
Progresso Mining Company
William Hope Davis