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12 Pachuca
river. Is 49 1/2 miles from the city of Mex. The Central R.R. coming from Mex. sends off a branch here to Pachuca the main line running on north to El Paso, Tex.
Mon. Mar 13 Pachuca, Hidalgo. Got 3 gophers in traps this morning all the same as the one of yesterday. Took in all traps & we packed up & took the train for Pachuca about 10:13 a.m. & arrived in Pachuca about 12 M. We crossed the dry bed of an old lake that once covered considerable country

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Most of the lake bed is under cultivation. The soil is a black dry bog. The crops raised are principally corn wheat & barley & maguey plants These latter however grow everywhere. Some of the grain where it has been irrigated is headed out. It grows very short & crops are  probably light. The country is stony & the land above this lake bed is generally useless for agricultural purposes. There are high hills with cliffs on their sides. Rocks crop out everywhere

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