feet, and with stone piers. Each bridge is 1,000 feet in length. There are no tunnels on the line. The work on the railway is progressing at the rate of a mile and a half per day.
It is expected that the Chihuahua division will connect with the southern terminus of the line about July 1, 1884. At present 2,000 men are at work on the division between Paso Del Norte and Durango.
The following is a list of the various ranches along the line of the railway, as far as the present terminus—viz., Villa Lerdo:
Samalayuca, 1,500 head of cattle; San José, 3,000 head of cattle; Corralitos, 10,000 cattle and 30,000 sheep; Santa Domingo, 3,000 head of cattle; Ojo Caliente, 1,000 head of cattle; Carmen, 3,000 head of cattle and 30,000 sheep; Gallego, 3,000 head of cattle; San Lorenzo, 60,000 sheep; Encinillas, 5,000 head of cattle ; Agua Nueva, 4,000 cattle and 5,000 sheep; Torreon, 4,000 cattle and 10,000 sheep; Sauz, 6,000 cattle; Sacramento, 2,000 cattle; Labor, 1,500 cattle; Tabalopu, farming, and 1,000 cattle; Rancho de Avilos, 1,500 cattle; Mapula, 5,000 cattle; Rancho Viego, 5,000 cattle ; Bachimba, 4,000 cattle; Dolores, farming; Saucillo, cotton and grain; Santa Gertrudes, 7,000 cattle; San Luis, 2,500 cattle; La Cruz, farming ; Santa Rosalia, hot sulphur springs, cotton and grain; Enremoda, 3,000 cattle; Jimenez, farming; Corralles, 2,000 cattle; General Grande, not stocked; Cadena, 2,000 cattle; San Isidro, 2,000 cattle and 40,000 sheep; Membrea, 50,000 sheep; Villa Lerdo, cotton, grain, and sugar-cane.
We may add that the completion of the Mexican Central Railway will give a great impetus to the development of the immense mineral wealth of Chihuahua, which contains so many mining districts that an elaborate description of them would require a volume. The following is a list of the principal mining towns in the State, classified according to their richness: Batopilas,[1] Parral, Santa Eulalia, Jesus Maria, Cusihuiriachic, Morelos, Guadalupe y
- ↑ Americans have invested largely in the gold-mines of Batopilas and Parral.
