Dear Lamar,
It's good to see that you have graciously accepted my profuse apology. I would hate to think that our exchanges have come to an end.
Like most people here, I get my information on little known minutia from the Internet. When we started talking about the Peralta's mining activities in Arizona, and specifically the Valenciana Mine, that's where I started my search. That would be normal procedure for me, any time I am away from my library.
Here is just one of the sites I came across in that search:
http://www.showcaves.com/English/mx/mines/Valenciana.HTML
Here is part of what can be found at that site:
"The Valenciana Mine is the most productive mine in the city Guanajuato, and it is still in operation. Around 1900 this mine produced two-thirds of all the silver from Guanajuato. The Valenciana Mine Entrance next to the Church of Valenciana is now a show mine. It shows the mining conditions during the viceroyalty period."
You would need to read to read the copyrighted quote at that site to get a little more information.
Any time you use the Internet for your information, there is always the danger that you will get incorrect information. I found enough other sites to give me confidence that my comments were probably on target.
Few of us have access to the archives in Mexico, so we do what we can with what is available to the general Internet public. This is the kind of "evidence" that many of us are able to easily access:
[Fresnillo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fresnillo [frAsnE´yO] (2005 census pop. 110,892) is the largest city in Zacatecas state, north central Mexico. Fresnillo was founded in 1554 by Francisco de Ibarra. The city, a rail and highway junction, is the center of a rich mining area known especially for silver.
Fresnillo is the location of one of the world's richest silver mines, the Mina Proaño or Fresnillo Mine, which belongs to the Peñoles mining company. It has a mining school, and agriculture (cereals, beans) and cattle raising are other important economic activities. Fresnillo is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name which surrounds it. The municipality had a population of 196,538 and an areal extent of 4,947 square kilometres (1,910 sq mi).]
You may be correct, but there is evidence available to prove that the Peralta's had a mine on Black Mesa that they called Valenciana. While no original claim exists today, the bill of sale for the mine, when the Peralta's sold, it still does. In addition to that, there are contemporaneous newspaper articles. Another little know fact, for which there is also documentation, is that the Peralta's came back at a later date, after the mine was abandoned, and refilled a new claim.
The documentation for the La Paz Peralta mining efforts also still exists. Should you go there looking for it, the clerk may tell you that it is not there. That's because it hasn't been listed in the finder. If you persist that they do have it, and that Dr. Glover happened to be there the day that the two boxes came in that contained that information.......they will locate it.
I have no problem admitting that you are head and shoulders above me when it comes to researching these various subjects, but that does not free you from being questioned on the "facts" you post here. I respect your abilities, sources and knowledge, but you are not infallible.
If that kind of attitude creates a wall between us, so be it. It is never my intention to insult you, but I am also not infallible. We are, after all, not the Pope.
Take care,
Joe