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Inscripción en la guarda: "MARTINE CHOMEL", "832780", I.O. la postal con fotografía estereoscópica lleva inscrito del lado izquierdo lo siguiente; "Keystone View Company", "COPYRIGHTED", "Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A.", "Publishers", abajo lleva con letra manuscrita "(over)", "16167 T The World's Greatest Silver Mining City, Guanajuato, Mexico.", arriba en el centro "T238", del lado derecho "Meadville, Pa., New York. N.Y. Chicago, Ill., London, England.". Al reverso se lee lo siguiente: en el lado izquierdo "16167 - WORLD'S GREATEST SILVER MINING CITY, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO", y abajo "Guanajuato is the name of a city and also of a state in the Republic of Mexico. Its resources are chiefly agricultural and mineral. The mineral wealthy of the mountains in the north of the state can scarcely be estimated. In three and a half centuries over $800, 000, 000 worth of silver alone has been mined here. This view over the hilly city shows the many buildings of the capital of the state. Guanajuato, or Santa Fe de Guanajuato, was founded in 1554. It stoutly resisted the Spanish invaders, who naturally desired it because of its mineral wealth, and was repeatedly sacked by the Spanish. It is frequently described to-day as a collection of mining villages, for the houses which we see in the background are clustered about the opening of the mines in the hills which rise at the edge of the city. The sides of these hills, to which rather the name "mountains" should be given, are honeycombed with mines. For many years the silver deposits of this vicinity were considered the Veta Madre (mother lode) the richest of all silver mines. The largest reduction works in Mexico are situated in Guanajuato. There are other productive mines in the state, such as the San Barnabe lode, the Raya mines, and the La Valenciana mine, which is said to have yielded an output of $226, 000, 000 in sixty years. No less than thirty per cent of the world's output of silver comes from Mexico. Copyright by The Keystone Company". Nota: El texto de la postal da de manera general algunos datos de la ciudad de Guanajuato, haciendo énfasis en la mineria. La ciudad de Guanajuato lleva el mismo nombre que la del estado al que pertenece, durante la etapa colonial alcanzó un gran desarrollo debido a sus yacimientos de oro y plata.