[2] The vernacular usage of the original Otomi "Magosti" continued and eventually transmuted to "El Hiloche", this name survives but is now only applied to the forest to the west of the town.

In 1741, Pedro Romero de Terreros and Jose Alejandro Bustamante started a drainage program using an adit.

[5]: 77–90 The town's steep streets, stairways and small squares are lined with low buildings, some dating back to the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain period (1500s - 1810).

The older houses with high sloping roofs and chimneys in town show the 19th century Cornish and English influence.

Especially important was British equipment to drain mine tunnels flooded by groundwater since the Spanish period.

Known as El Rey de la Plata (Silver King), Rule left a mark on the Pachucan cityscape, with civic generosity to his adopted homeland.

The ore deposits occur in the volcanic Tertiary Pachuca Group, principally andesite-rhyolite flow series with intervening tuff beds.

[5]: 158–159 Real del Monte was named a "Pueblo Mágico" by the federal government, for its unique historical qualities, aesthetics, and traditions.

[9][10] There are significant examples of Spanish Colonial architecture, in individual buildings and via the overall cityscape, that are preserved in the town.

The formal twinning ceremony took place at Mineral del Monte in July 2008 during the visit of the Cornish Mexican Cultural Society.

A little larger than cocktail pasties common to the UK, the Mexican-made versions are widely varied including: meat and potato, black bean, shredded chicken, and sausage, all heavily laced with chillies plus a range of sweet pasties including: pineapple, apple, strawberry, and blackberry.

Organised by the Municipality of Real del Monte, the paste producers and the Cornish Mexican Cultural Society Chapter Mexico, the Festival was a great success drawing an estimated 8,000 visitors to the town for the three-day event.

As is usual on festival days in this town, the programme commenced with a visit to the Cornish Cemetery and a guided tour by Bridget Galsworthy of the British Society, followed by wreath-laying at the Miner´s Monument.

The main street was transformed with a long line of tented stands where 'pastes' of all descriptions were produced and a large stage next to the Miners' Memorial provided dance and other entertainments throughout the Festival.

At the end of the 19th century, the engineer Andrés Aldasoro worked in the Las dos Estrellas mine.

Alfred C. Crowle was the Cornish born miner who emigrated to Mexico and in 1935 became manager to the national Mexican football team.

John Edgar Benjamin Vial was a Cornish-Mexican who fought in the British Imperial Forces during World War I.