Investor Presentaiton
The Silver Industry and Zacatecas
The Zacatecos lived in the region where
the Spaniards would discover and
develop rich silver mines in 1546.
In 1546, Juan de Tolosa discovered silver
on the hill of La Bufa, near the present-
day City of Zacatecos.
The development of the mining industry
in Zacatecas led to the development of
extensive communications networks,
making Zacatecas the axis of an
extensive economic space consisting of
cities, towns, villages, ranches,
haciendas and other mining centers.
Zacatecas, producing one-fifth of all of
the colony's silver, became the third
largest city in colonial Mexico during the
1500s.
ZACATECAS
with active links
To Toriedn
DURANGO
To Durango
Sierra de
Organos
M
Rio Grande
Sombrerete
Alta Vista
Valparaiso
Fresnillo Plateros
Sierra de Jerez
Cardos
JALISCO
Tlaltenango
To Salvo
COAHUILA
Mazapil
Concepción del Oro
San Tiburcio
Zacatecas
Guadalupe
Quemada
Villanueva
SAN LUIS
POTOSI
N
Ojo Caliente
Villa
Hidalgo
To San Luis
AGUASCALIENTES
GTO
Jalpa
Teúl
To Lagos de Moreno
& Guadala
To cand
kilometers
miles
50
2003 by Tony Burton
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Map Source: Tony Burton, Interactive Map of Zacatecas.
Mexconnect, Copyright 2009.
Copyright © 2019 by John P. Schmal.
All Rights Reserved.
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