Crossword-Solution: TAXCO 5 letters, 16 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 14

The fine cathedral of Chihuahua, which cost more than half a million dollars, was built from a tax levied upon every pound of silver from the rich Santa Eulalia mine--discovered in 1704--of that region; and in the State of Guerrero, at Taxco, a splendid church was built which cost, it is stated, one and a half million dollars to construct, yielded by the famous mine there.

The historic mines of Taxco, mentioned elsewhere, are situated in the district of that name near the picturesque town of Taxco; and the quicksilver mines of Ahuituzco, and the iron deposits of Chilpancingo, the capital, are notable occurrences of the rich mineral zone of this state.

Into the great stone inclosure muleteers of Tepic, freighters of Guadalajara, potters of Cuernavaca and Taxco, pilgrims to the far shrines, and their first cousins in dirt and importunity, the beggars, had poured from three main lines of travel, and they were so crowded that it was difficult to find space among the mule panniers, crates, and bundles for their tiny cooking-fires.

Taxco was the most enchanting of the tour's three cities, for it facilitated a preserved glimpse of old Mexico.

Summary: The story of William Spratling, a New Orleans architect, who twenty years ago went to Taxco, Mexico, where he found an abandoned silver mine and revived the folk-art of jewelry-making.