Chihuahua mining diary, 1911-1915.

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Chihuahua mining diary, 1911-1915.

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Holograph diary of an unnamed British mining engineer in Chihuahua, Mexico, covering the period from January 10, 1911 to September 15, 1915. Records the writer's daily activities as a manager of British silver mining properties in Parral, Chihuahua, with many details of the Mexican Revolution as it unfolded. The writer keeps a running account of the tumultuous events in northern Mexico during the first five years of the Revolution and includes first-hand accounts of such events as Pascual Orozco's 1912 siege of Parral and the retreat of Pancho Villa; Victoriano Huerta and Felix Diaz's overthrow of Francisco Madero in Mexico City in 1913; and the mine owners' meeting with Villa in Juarez and El Paso in 1915. There are numerous entries concerning Pancho Villa throughout the diary, beginning in 1912. The diary records many local battles, particularly as they affected mining operations, including communication and freight interruptions, railroad problems and robbery. In August 1915 the writer went to Juarez to take part in the historic meetings between Pancho Villa, U.S. General Hugh Scott and the Mine Owners Association. Also recorded are several trips between El Paso and Parral, several business trips to Mexico City, Torreon and other points in Mexico, a 1914 trip from England aboard the Lusitania, as well as trips to California and New York.

365 p.

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7621298

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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