Good morning maestro del sock coffee,


a fresh pot is on the stove. Remember to disassociate Tayopa itself from Naranjal. Tayopa still remains closed. However I have no doubt that many prospectors and miners did enter the complex following the trail of Gold, Silver, Platinum. etc that left a nice trail down the Arroyo Babaroccas forming the rich placer at San Luis Baboroccos on the rio Mayo. I have sent you photographs which shows the geological up set that occurred in the region.
The Naranjo mine that I posted about was worked long after Tayopa was closed, it was closed when Naranjo was operating, and is still closed, so there is no connection between the two, except being in the same area. After all The Jesuits themselves couldn't find it when they returned, but they did work others in the area.
Is it possible that they were working El Naranjo (al) and when they were expelled, in 1767, left data , or visible workings which the Spaniard used to continue working El Naranjo (al) until he was forced to flee as a result of the Juarez revolution in the early 1800's??
Speaking of the Jesuits, in the late 1800's A Jesuit set up residence in the area,and was always out climbing and walking around the Tayopa Complex. After a few years he met his Maker while climbing around a volcanic stock. Actually possibly a 1000 meters away from Tayopa itself. so we now know that as of the late 1800's, Tayopa had still been lost, and that Naranjal was not open even then..
Intrigueing questins, but as you once said, A rich Gold mIne can go by any name it wishes, just as long as the mine belongs to you.l
Welcome back mi compadre & los Barfs.
Don Jose de La Mancha