Fresnillo [frAsnE´yO] (2000 pop. 183,296) is the second largest and most populated city in Zacatecas state, N central Mexico. The city, a rail and highway junction, is the center of a rich mining area known especially for silver. It has a mining school. Agriculture (cereals, beans) and cattle raising are other important economic activities. Fresnillo was founded in 1554 by Francisco de Ibarra. /* Fresnillo */ File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... CITY (Citytv Toronto) is a television station based in Toronto, Ontario. ...

It is the location of religious pilgrimages to see the famous Niño de Atocha ("Child of Atocha"), a Roman Catholic devotional statue brought to Mexico from Spain. Religion, sometimes used interchangeably with faith, is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the practices and institutions associated with such belief. ... For albums named Pilgrim, see Pilgrim (album). ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...

History

The history of its founding begins with a raid by Diego Fernandez de Proaño in the region of Zacatecas, in a search for new mines and specifically of an enormous hill, supposedly everything of same metal that when saying of the natural ones, was to the wind of the north, inland, do not locate it, but however they find another hill they anmed "Cerro de Proaño" ("Proaño's Hill"). /* Fresnillo */ File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... /* Fresnillo */ File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... /* Fresnillo */ File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... /* Fresnillo */ File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

When arriving at the place which we know with the name "Cerro de Proaño" discovers to earth flower mineral evidences, to its return to Zacatecas reports to the Virrey its finding, but apparently there was not much interest by his discovery and Proaño's Hill was forgotten over the years.

On a second expedition headed by a young person of 15 years called Francisco de Ibarra arrives the 2nd of September 1554 to a place where was a freshwater spring, in whose border was a "Pequeño Fresno (SMALL ASH)" and indeed they decided there to spend the night, as it were the custom Francisco de Ibarra in his daily journal writes down the fact and puts the name to the place where they spend the night "OJO DE AGUA DEL FRESNILLO (WATER EYE of the SMALL ASH)".

The Coat of Arms of Fresnillo

In the high part of the trimming it says in Latin: "Orat Atque Ab Condita Large city", That translated in english means: "a Town that Works and Pray from its Foundation", in the low part say, "Real de Minas del Fresnillo(Royal Mine of Fresnillo)", and to the center, In one bar says: "2nd September 1554". /fresnillo/ File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

The coat of arms is divided in three boxes: first in the left superior part, appears the virgin of the Candlemas, Pattern of Fresnillo, that is identified to have a candle in the right hand. In the other box, in the right superior part, rodela or shield is one, and the arms used by the natives and the Spaniards during the Conquista. In the inferior part, in the third box, it appears a spring, in whose margin there is an Ash, having like bottom the Hill of Proaño and some clouds, symbolizing the rainy month of September. "2 of September of 1554".

In Fresnillo is located one of the world´s richest silver mine, the Mina Proaño or Fresnillo Mine which belongs to the Peñoles mining company. Mina Proaño, a silver mine located in central México, is one of the worlds largest and most profitable silver mines. ... Peñoles (full name in spanish Industrias Peñoles, S.A. de C.V), based in Mexico City, Mexico, is a subsidiary company 100 percent mexican and owned by the private Grupo Bal. ...

Sources: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia 2003, INEGI Census Data, Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México