December 17, 1926 - Today we moved to Tabanco in the Department La Union. From Monte Mayor it is a two and one half hour mule back ride. The same river that flows by Monte Mayor flows by Tabanco and is called Tabanco river there. Through the arrangements of Mr. Swarquist we were furnished with the best house in this old mining site. Late in the afternoon we visited the mine which was down over the hill to the west of the village. The mouth of the tunnel was not more than fifty feet from the river bed. The mine is very similar to the Encuentro mine in that there are many large Stokes and open spaces where large quantities of ore have been removed; these are very extensive, sometimes as much as fifty to seventy feet from the upper openings down to the water level in the Stokes. We were able to enter two such veins or open spaces. Along the