Chapter 15

NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE, GENERAL CONDITIONS (_continued_) . 308

Central and Atlantic States--Chihuahua and the Rio Grande--Mining, forests, railways--Coahuila and its resources--Nuevo Leon and its conditions--Iron, coal, railways, textile industries--Durango and its great plains and mountain peaks--Aguascalientes--Zacatecas and its mineral wealth--San Luis Potosi and its industries--Guanajuato, Queretaro and Hidalgo, and their diversified resources--Mexico and its mountains and plains--Tlaxcala--Morelos and its sugar-cane industry-- The rich State of Puebla--Tamaulipas, a littoral state--The historic State of Vera Cruz, its resources, towns, and harbour--Campeche and the peninsula of Yucatan.