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Parral, Mexico.

The Rotary Club of Parral was very kind to Camp Greenville. They
sent us three specimens of minerals from their city. The wealth of
Parral is chiefly silver. One of the mines from which we received a
rock is in the center of the city.

The trouble to get the rocks, the trouble to send them charges
prepaid, the trouble to get up a description of the rocks, do not seem
to be any trouble at all to the Rotary Clubs of other countries when
an opportunity arises to express a spirit of good-will for the people
of another nation. Thanks Parral!

[photograph of the city of Parral - Photograph by Bain]
A VIEW OF PARRAL, ONE OF THE MINING CENTERS OF MEXICO
This gives one a good idea of the poorer quarters of most of the cities of Mexico. Windowless houses are the rule rather than the excep-
tion, the door serving alike for the entrance of man and light and the exit of smoke. Perhaps two-thirds of Mexico's population lives under such
conditions as these.

Three Stones ....... Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico.

White Stone - A rock formed by filtrations, taken from the
mine "La Paz" of the mineral of Almoloya,
State of Chihuahua at 45 kilometers from this
city.

Blue Stone - Silver formation from one of the mines near this
city.

Lead Stone - This stone is one of the many that we extracted
from the mine "La Prieta" located in the center
of this city in the famous place of "La Cruz".

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