Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-28
People Rejoicing Over The Late
News About SmeIteT.
the COMANCHE MINING COMPANY
WORTHY INSTITUTIONS OF SILVER CITY
Special Correspondence.

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Silver City, N. M. March 27.-Peo.
pie of this city. who have witnessed
the big smelter and mill here lying
idle the past year or so, are rejoiced
over the news OF the early prospect Of
the resumption Of business again. The
plant is known as the Silver City Re
duction works and owned by the
hearst estate. Nearly two years ago
one of the trust companies secured
an option on the plant and closed II
down for reasons best known to the
trust. A short time ago the Hearsts
told the trust company that one thing
or the other must be done-they must
either purchase the plant or start it up
again. They failed to do either, when
the Hearsts figured elsewhere. and it
is now understood that the Comanche
Mining & Milling company have Sc
cured the plant and expect to have it
in complete operation in a very short
time. This company is composed OF
wealthy lumbermen of Michigan and
are owners of extensive holdings in
the Burro mountains. The local agent
of the Comanche company is Col. Jack
Fleming, and 1t is a safe guarantee
that the Silver City smelter and mill
will soon he in operation again.
Yesterday, NJ. w. Porterfield, n of
the best and most active business men
of Silver iCty, escorted a party of CAPT
talists to the Pinos Altos mining camp.
Those in the party, besides Mr.. Porter
fielu, were Charles Gatzweiler, of st.
Charles, Mo; Dodge G. Gibson and Mr..
Turley, of st. Louis. They, with MI.
Porterfield, are the principal officers
and stockholders of the Shamrock
Mining company, which was recently
organized on the purchase Of the Sill
yer Cell mine for 500, 900. Mr.. Porter
field is the president of the new min
ing company, and it is understood that
he and associates will soon infuse new
life in the Pinos Altos district by thor
oughly developing their property and
by the erection of a large smelter and
mill on the property to treat the ore.
While Mr.. Porterield is gaining
wealth by his interests in the mineral
u of Grant county, his brother
w. c. Porterield. is personally super
intending the drug store business in
Silver City.
1t is quite likely Company ID, of the
First territorial regiment, Silver City
under Major Myhre, Will take part in
the reception to be given President
Roosevelt at Albuquerque May g.
Major Myhre is in communication
with Col. John Borradaile, of Albu.
querque, and it is to be hoped that the
crack local soldier boys, through the
efforts of Major Myhre, may have the
opportunity to assist Albuquerque to
ward making the presidents reception
an event long to be remembered.
Hon. Solomon Luna, of Los Lunas
was at Silver City yesterday, to con
suit with r. G. Mcclure, supervisor
of the ella river forest reserve, in re
gard to sheep grazing. The confer
ence was perfectly satisfactory, anC
Mr.. Luna left in the evening for thu
north. In a conversation with Tn,
Citizen representative, Mr.. Lun'
stated that stock raisers ought to fee
happy this spring. for the reason tina
the conditions are better now for al
kinds of stock than for ten years past
He stated that he expected to com
mence lambing, fonowed by shearing
about the 10th OF April, and hoped to
realize about go per cent of lambs.
DIR. A. b. Smith, of the medical corps
at Fort Bayard military sanitarium,
who was up north on business, arrived
in Silver City yesterday noon, and in
the afternoon drove out to the great
sanitarium. He stated that about $50
patients, from the army and navy, are
now receiving treatment at Fort Bay
ard, and some of these patients are
receiving permanent benefits.
Yesterday, the private car of som
of the head officials of the Santa F,
railway, notably General Manager II
u. Nudge, General Superintendent d
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