Lake Superior Paper - The Taviche Mining-District near Ocotlan, State of Oaxaca, Mexico
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 7
- File Size:
- 271 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1905
Abstract
The Taviche district is about 12 miles from the town of Ocotlan in the State of Oaxaca, and about 250 miles south of the City of Mexico. Its altitude rises to something more than 5,000 ft.; and although within the tropics (latitude about 17° N.) the climate is mild and salubrious, neither excessively hot in summer nor cold in winter. The phrase, "perpetual spring," which has been applied to it, aptly describes the weather during my stay. Sugar-plantations, bananas and other tropical and semitropical fruits flourish in the valleys, while the hills
Citation
APA: (1905) Lake Superior Paper - The Taviche Mining-District near Ocotlan, State of Oaxaca, Mexico
MLA: Lake Superior Paper - The Taviche Mining-District near Ocotlan, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1905.