Mineral del Monte
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Mineral del Monte also (Real del Monte)is a city and municipality in Hidalgo state in central Mexico, lying at an altitude of 2700 metres (8,800ft).
[edit] History
The municipality was once the richest in the state when gold and silver were discovered before the Spanish Conquest, and the Spanish began mining in the late 1500s. The mines were later abandoned but reopened in the late 1730s under Pedro Romero de Terreros.
The towns steep streets, stairways and small squares are lined with low buildings some dating back to colonial times. The houses with high sloping roofs and chimneys indicate a Cornish influence, the legacy left by 350 Cornishmen employed by the English firm that ran the mines between 1824 and 1848. They are also responsible for pastes, a local speciality based on Cornish pastry as well as for introducing Soccer to Mexico.
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