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188244390Lawrence MA: George S. Merrill printer 1882. Stapled paper wrappers. Very good wrappers lightly soiled torn along head and tail of spine white sticker along top edge covering owner's name torn along inner margin of map not affecting image contents lightly browned else clean. 2 preliminaries 30 pp. 1 blank. Illus. with 1 b/w engraving & 1 map. Sm. 4to. Bound in: Prospectus. "Special Announcement. Summary of the advantages presented in the Miners and Trust Company of Pachuca." Signed in print by Executive Committee members: Geo. S. Merrill H.B. Peirce & C.N. Pratt. Etching of Pachuca by W.M. Tenney. S.C. Map by Heliotype Printing Co. Boston. There was much renewed interest in Mexican mining and exploiting Mexico's natural resources once it was again opened to some outside participation. "In the history of Mexican mining there are two key moments related to the participation of non-national companies specifically of British and American origin and for which Pachuca was a focus of great interest . The British companies stood out in the first decades 1860-1870 while the American companies at the end of the 19th century" See Ubilla Montiel: Inmigrantes españoles en Pachuca. 1866-1911: redes de parentesco matrimonio y ocupación 2013 pp. 35-6. OCLC locates only a single copy Denver Public Library. There is also one at Cornell in the Julius Augustus Skilton Archive. George S. Merrill, printer unknown books