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Cornish diaspora in Mexico
1549 Posted: 04.03.2007, 12:01

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The twin silver mining settlements of Pachuca and Real del Monte in the State of Hidalgo are being marketed as 'Mexico's Little Cornwall' by the Mexican Embassy in London and represent the first attempt by the Spanish speaking part of the Cornish Diaspora to establish formal links with Cornwall.

The Cornish role in the development of Mexican silver mining is remembered fondly in Real del Monte-Pachuca, as it was the Cornish who introduced the industrial revolution to the shores of Latin America in the 1820s, reviving Mexican silver mining. More particularly the majority of migrants to this region of Mexico came from what we now term the Central Mining District: Camborne-Redruth-Gwennap.

One of the leading personalities in nineteenth century Mexico was Camborne man, Francis Rule. His opinion was regarded as a barometer for the rise and fall of mining shares and he became a multi-millionaire with numerous mining interests in and around Pachuca, including the famous Santa Gertrudis which by 1898 was one of the most powerful mines in the State of Hidalgo. The Management was all Cornish, with Thomas Lakeside Phillips becoming Director. In 1903 alone, profits to stockholders had exceeded a million dollars. Known as El Rey de la Plata (The Silver King), Rule left an indelible mark on the Pachucan cityscape and showed great generosity to the peoples of his adopted homeland.

Today, typical Cornish pasties are baked in both settlements and are unknown outside the State of Hidalgo. Four extant Cornish engine houses and a cemetery containing the graves of hundreds of Cornish bear witness to our involvement in Mexican silver mining for over a century. It was the Cornish who first introduced football to Pachuca, while Mexican remittances helped to build the Wesleyan Chapel in Redruth the 1820s.

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TGG Posted: 04.03.2007, 14:36

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last visit: 26.10.08 		When the world cup soccer was in Mexico, they interviewed the mayor of Pachuca, --?-- Pengelly, whose ancestor introduced Soccer to Mexico.

Not really sure that "Twinning Associations" understand the 'true' cultural concept of twinning. The Cornu-Breton version, in many instances, has simply reflected examples of Anglo-French Imperial Supremacy.

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edited by: TGG, Mar 05, 2007 - 01:34 PM

STOP THE CORNISH GENOCIDE!- The existence of divergent views occur because the lies and deception have a more profoundly negative, and contrived, consequence for the Cornish people than for anyone else within the UK.
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Fulub-le-Breton Posted: 05.03.2007, 13:18

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Indeed TGG, so much so that places in Brittany are now twinned with towns in Devonshire.

I believe Brest is twinned with Plymouth, but their you go. Brest is one of the least Breton cities in bass bretagne, full of workers and their families from France, and as ugly as spit, so perhpas Plymouth/Brest is appropriate after all.

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