Real del Monte. A British mining venture in Mexico
Details:
- Author(s) Randall, Robert W
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1972
- Pages 257pp; illus
- Publisher University of Texas Press
Topics:
- Name Free standing cos
- Name Business/Industry failure, decline, lack of success, etc: decline of businesses
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Scholarly account dealing with the formation and work of the Read del Monte Co from 1824 to 1849 in the development and operation of silver mines in Mexico in which it was unsuccessful. Seeks to 'present a microcosmic view of foreign economic penetration into the Mexican mining industry in the first quarter century after independence', dealing with reasons for failure, the impact of the company on the country, the extent to which it prepared the way for future large and prosperous mining enterprises, etc. Has sections: 'Formation in London'; 'Establishment in Mexico'; 'Management and finance'; 'Mining operations'; 'Milling operations'; 'Labour'; 'Supplies'; 'Real del Monte and Mexico'; 'Dissolution'