Notes of El Banco Minero Chihuahuense in circulation
We have annual figures for the value of notes in circulation and monthly figures for the period beginning September 1888 when the bank had to publish its balance sheet in the Periódico Oficial. Though these figures do not exactly correspond, they are an adequate indication of the value of notes in circulation and of the pace of withdrawal. By November 1892 only $920·25 worth of the first issue was still in circulation.
| 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 180,150·00 | 14,769·45 | 7,230·00 | 2,435·25 | ||||||
| Feb | 174,371·00 | 14,569·45 | 7,021·00 | 2,191·50 | ||||||
| March | 163,059·00 | 13,116·00 | 7,008·00 | 1,817·50 | ||||||
| April | 151,842·00 | 13,014·00 | 6,831·00 | 1,720·00 | ||||||
| May | 142,528·25 | 11,342·00 | 6,526·00 | 1,542·00 | ||||||
| June | 91,287·50 | 10,042·00 | 6,817·00 | 1,386·00 | ||||||
| July | 40,181·25 | 8,591·00 | 4,718·00 | 1,214·50 | ||||||
| Aug | 33,521·25 | 8,302·00 | 4,368·00 | 1,108·25 | ||||||
| Sep | 192,102·78 | 31,184·75 | 8,163·00 | 3,911·50 | 1,034·25 | |||||
| Oct | 187,473·15 | 28,661·25 | 8,015·00 | 3,720·00 | 980·25 | |||||
| Nov | 185,621·30 | 26,016·50 | 8,003·00 | 3,108·00 | 920·25 | |||||
| Dec | 48,100.00 | 67,525·00 | 110,230·00 | 238,516·00 | 205,216·00 | 183,769·44 | 23,674·00 | 7,851·00 | 2,735·00 |
In its Memoria de las Instituciones de Crédito 1897-1899 the Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público admitted that it did not have complete information on the bank but that by 17 July 1889 it had withdrawn $225,000 of its notes. As the value of notes in circulation on that date was $40,181.25, this would give a maximum value for notes issued of $265,181.25Memoria de las Instituciones de Crédito 1897, 1898, 1899.
Incinerations
$100,000 in notes were burnt at the Zacatecas mint on 31 June 1889, in the presence of Enrique C. Creel and Manuel García Granados, manager and interventor of the Banco Minero, Miguel Salas, president of the Banco Mexicano and Luis Terrazas, hijoEl Tiempo, 24 July 1889.