Mining in Trueco in the 19th century

Abstract

There are villages which combine several economic activities to achieve their suhslstenda. There are villages which combine several economic activities to achieve their suhslstenda, and there are others, because of their geographical location, which have only one economic activity. geographic location, that have only one. Taxco would seem to be of these, condemned to poverty if its main source of income, mining, failed. of income, mining activity, failed. This place had a mine in bonanza, called Santísima Trinidad. bonanza, called Santísima Trinidad. The history of this The history of this fortunate property is a typical one of bonanzas and squalls. If there was no great investment in the Taxco mines during the first decades of the
the first decades of the 19th century, there were in the middle of that century. century. There were ups and downs in production, but the mining activity survived. mining activity survived throughout the 19th century. Without However, we know little of the details of life in this sltlo. This article is only intended to bring together a few facts, which will have to be This article is only intended to gather a few facts, which will have to be expanded and deepened later on.