Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-11
In Hanover Mining
District, Grant
County---300
Employees.
CONTROLS l25 GOOD PROP
ERT|Es
Some Running Twenty-Five
Per Cent in Copper
Eight Hour Shifts and
Good Wages Paid.

James w. Bible, general superintend-
ent of the Hermosa Copper Company
Operating In the Hanover Mining Dis.
trict, Grant County, was In the city
Monday in attendance on the annual
meeting of the Bureau of immigration
Of which he is the treasurer.
Mr.. Bible is an enthusiastic worker
in the cause of immigration and Is one
of the men who are helping to build
up New Mexico with all the energy
and strength at his command. He Is
a busy man and In addition to man.
aging the Hanover Mercantile Com.
pany, is also the superintendent of,
the Hermosa Mining Company. That
company is one Of the largest in New
Mexico. The Hanover district In
which 1t operates has been well
known for its rich copper properties
for over 200 years and was worked as
far back as $50 years ago by the
Spanish authorities in New Mexico
with convict and Indian peon labor.
There are many old adobe smelters
still to be found and old shafts and
tunnels which were evidently worked
many years ago are quite abundant
The Hermnsa 1cfEs1 cempsgy
owns e5o@. lscs ,NsiTA@ ID. ths dissss.t
and now employs 900 men at good
wages, in eight hour shifts, the aver.
age wages being $3.50 for eight hours.
The ores are copper leads. easily
mined and the ore veins are very
large. Among the best known proper
ties now under development work
|are, the Ivanhoe, Wild Cat, Treasure
Vault, Concord, Copper Queen, Maple
and Tourmaline. The workings tn the
shafts and tunnels extend over two
miles and some of the shafts are very
Deep AS for instance, the Wild Cat
400 feet, and the Ivanhee $50 feet.
New York capitalists are backing the
enterprise and their operation COM
menced about five years ago.
Too Busy Developing to Ship.
There Is no shipping now, every en-
ergy being bent on development and
blocking out the ores In sight. There
are no small veins and the ore so far
found in large bodies assays from 2
per cent to rs per cent In copper.
The railroad facilities are Of the
very best. The White Water branch OF
the Santa Fe Railway system runs
through the district and through the
mining properties owned by the Her
mosa Copper Company. After the
blocking out and developing of the
ore bodies now planned has been car
ried into effect, the company may
erect smelters of Its own or 1t may
ship to Ell Paso or Silver City for re-
duction of it's ores. This has not yet
been fully determined.
Mr.. Bible is young man, active
and energetic and although but 80
years of age has had over 20 years
experience in practical mining and now
manages the mine properties belong
ing to this company. He has been
resident of the Territory and of the
district for fifteen years and came to
Grant County from Colorado Springs.
Colorado, where before attaining his
majority, he engaged in practical min
ing. Mr.. Bible has gained the repu.
tation of a successful mining manager
and that of reliable and substantial
business man and Is so known, not on
lily in Grant County but throughout
New Mexico.
There are other mining companies
doing considerable work In the dis
trict and the population Is now esti-
mated at 1000 people. At Hanover.
the center Of the district, In addition
to the large store Of the Hanover Mer'
camille Company, there are several
minor stores, boarding houses, barber
shops, saloons, etc, and everything
that Is necessary to make lively and
bustling mining camp.