Quicksilver. 11.  On the twenty-ninth of April, three libras of quicksilver were incorporated with three quintals of ore obtained from a washing-place made by the Ygolotes below the openings, and near the preceding place.  The compound was washed on the fifth of May, and a grain of gold weighing one and one-half reals was obtained.  Eight onzas of quicksilver were lost.

Quicksilver. 12.  On the third of the said month of May, one libra of quicksilver was incorporated with one quintal of ore obtained from the said hole and vein as the four preceding assays.  Having been crushed and burned in the openings before being incorporated with the said quicksilver, it was washed on the sixth; a small grain of gold, weighing less than one-half real, was obtained from that assay, while three onzas of quicksilver were lost.

Quicksilver. 13.  April twenty-nine, one libra of quicksilver was incorporated with one quintal of ore obtained from the old mines, of which I have made mention, called Baranaban.  On May sixteen it was washed, and a small grain of gold obtained of one-quarter real weight.  Three onzas of quicksilver were lost.

Arisus.  Quicksilver. 14.  Tuesday, April thirty, one libra of quicksilver was incorporated with another quintal of ore obtained from the said old mines called Arisey and Bugayona.  On May seven following it was washed, and a small grain of gold, weighing less than one-quarter real, obtained.  Two and one-half onzas of quicksilver were lost.

Quicksilver. 15.  The first of the said month of May, one libra of quicksilver was incorporated with one quintal of ore obtained from the said old mines and from those called Antamo.  On the eighth of the said month it was washed, and a small grain of gold about as large as the head of a pin, which could not be weighed, obtained.  Six onzas of quicksilver were lost.

Quicksilver. 16.  The said day, May first, one libra of quicksilver was incorporated with one quintal of ore obtained from the said old mines—­from the one called Conog.  On the eighth of the said month it was washed, and another small grain of gold obtained, of the same size as the preceding.  Four onzas of quicksilver were lost in the said assay.

Quicksilver. 17.  May two, one-half libra of quicksilver was incorporated with two arrobas of ore obtained from the vein and works of the streamlet at the new mine mentioned above as being near our fort of Santiago.  Compounding that assay and calcination with magistral, nothing was obtained.  Three onzas of quicksilver were lost.

Quicksilver. 18.  The said day, May two, another one-half libra of quicksilver was incorporated with another half libra, I mean one-half quintal, of ore obtained from the preceding opening and vein.  It was washed on the sixth of the said month, as also was the preceding assay.  Only a small grain of gold weighing one-fourth real was obtained from that [mass] which was only compounded with quicksilver.  Two and one-half onzas of quicksilver were lost.