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Fresnillo

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Fresnillo , city (1990 pop. 75,118), Zacatecas state, N central Mexico. The city, a rail and highway junction, is the center of a rich mining area known especially for silver. It has a mining school. Agriculture (cereals, beans) and cattle raising are other important economic activities. Fresnillo was founded in 1554 by Francisco de Ibarra. Author not available, FRESNILLO. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Ponce, Manuel (Maria)
Ponce, Manuel (Maria) ( b Fresnillo, 1882; d Mexico City, 1948). Mexican composer. Lived in Paris 1925–33. Taught at Nat. Cons., Mexico City, 1909–15... Read more

Francisco de Ibarra
, 1539?-1575, Spanish conquistador in Mexico. In 1554, after founding Fresnillo , he headed an expedition to the N of Zacatecas. For the next 20 years he explored, founded settlements, and exploited mines in... Read more

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	Famous Mineral Localities: Fresnillo: Zacatecas, Mexico ; Discovered in the 1550's, Fresnillo remained a relatively unremarkable...polybasite. During the last decade, Fresnillo has become one of the world's great...ounces of silver, and in a short time Fresnillo will surpass Pachuca Real to become... Read more
	Famous mineral localities: Fresnillo: Zacatecas, Mexico. ; Discovered in the 1550's, Fresnillo remained a relatively unremarkable...polybasite. During the last decade, Fresnillo has become one of the world's great...ounces of silver, and in a short time Fresnillo will surpass Pachuca Real to become... Read more
	Mexican to make waves on the Footsie; Blue chip miner: Lomelin hopes to see silver specialist Fresnillo enter the FTSE 100 next month. ; Byline: Sam Fleming FRESNILLO chief executive Jaime Lomelin says...spun off its precious metals vehicle Fresnillo in Mexico's first-ever London Stock...flotation. With a market value of ?2.8bn, Fresnillo is expected in September to push its... Read more
	MAG Silver & Fresnillo Intersect High Grade Silver on Juanicipio Vein ; 4,100 grams per tonne (g/t) (119.5 ounces per ton (opt)) silver over 0.60 metres with 1.47 g/t gold, 2.02% lead and 4.07% zinc ; ...Corp. (TSX:MAG)(AMEX:MVG) ("MAG") and Compania Fresnillo S.A. DE C.V. ("Fresnillo") on behalf of Minera Juanicipio SA are pleased...certain precious metal production properties (Fresnillo, La Cienega and Herradura) and exploration properties... Read more
	Fresnillo falls on maiden figures. ; ...silver producer and FTSE 350 denizen Fresnillo dropped 4 per cent on its maiden results...an interim dividend of 5.9A a share. Fresnillo only listed on the main board in May...silver-equivalent ounces, over the next decade. Fresnillo currently operates three mines, all in... Read more
	Fresnillo: Fiesta nacional.(Deportes) ; ...la edición 28 del Gran Premio de Fresnillo en la pista Bernardo Bonilla (tambi...ser la Final del Campeonato Nacional en Fresnillo , declaró Sergio Bonilla, director...motocross vive la tradición de visitar Fresnillo desde 1972, gracias a la iniciativa de... Read more
	[pounds sterling]4bn miner Fresnillo set to join the blue chips. ; ...listing a chunk of his silver miningconcern Fresnillo on the stock exchange. Alberto Bailleres...add yet another minerto the FTSE 100. Fresnillo, the world's biggest silver producer...directors will be appointed. A quarter of Fresnillo will be floated in London, with the rest... Read more
	Long raise helps Fresnillo raise output. (Cia Fresnillo's boring machine) ; Cia Fresnillo, part of Industrias Penoles, recently used a new Robbins 73 RM-DC to excavate the longest raise ever bored in Mexico: a 695 m long... Read more
	MAG Silver Increases Land Position at Lagartos, Fresnillo District, Zacatecas, Mexico ; ...the Zacatecas Silver Mining District (Fresnillo Trend). The new claims were acquired...MAG Silver within this portion of the Fresnillo silver belt now totals over 130,000 hectares...landholder in the area. Included within MAG's Fresnillo trend land package is our 8,302 hectare... Read more
	Penoles enlarges Fresnillo silver mine. ; ...expansion of its silver mine in the town of Fresnillo in Zacatecas. The scheme will help the...day.The new production levels of the Fresnillo mine will be equivalent to 6% of total...producer of silver on the planet. The Fresnillo mine has been in operation for a total... Read more

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	Pyrargyrite: Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico. (Connoisseur's Choice).(Statistical Data Included)(Column)
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