Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-13
MINING ACTIVITY IS GREAT AT
 SILVER CITY
Old Central District Enjoying Renewed Activity, Especially Santa Rita, Hanover and Central Camps.

SILVER CITY. N. M., April l2.-The busy hum of industry in the number less mining camps in the Silver City field is getting louder every day, and ii taxes the memory of the oldest in habitant to recall times of greater prosperity in this district,
 In the famous old Central district, particularly, things never looked busi- CT. This field comprises the camps of Hanover. Santa Rita, Central City and Fferro. Probably Santa Rita is the oldest copper producing locality in the United States. There are records on file in the City of Mexico showing that copper was mined here by the Span ish government in the year lI4O. The old underground workings of the Span iards may still be seen, as well as the curious chicken ladders which they used in ascending and descending them. With the possible exception of the Lake Superior district, the San ta Rita mines have produced the rich est copper ore in the United States.
 Al the head of the great mineral belt lies the town of Fierro. It is too much for the imagination to compute the wealth of the iron deposits around FIerro.
 The Colorado Fuel and Iron com pany has large interests here, and within the last six years millions of tons of ore have been shipped to the smelters at Pueblo. There is no iron in the Rocky mountain region better adapted for the making of high grade steel than that mined at FierTo. Un- deriving the iron ore large deposits oi copper are known to exist. The Phelps Dodge corporation. the General Flee tric company and other large interests own millions of dollars worth of prop, erty in this locality.
 At Santa Rita.
 Two and a half miles southeast of FTerro is Santa Rita, probably. as stat ed above, the oldest copper producer Tn the two continents. The Santa Rita company is at present operating three big mines, in which extensive develop ment work is steadily being prosecut' ed
 On a conservative estimate it is said these mines will produce this year from 5.0OO,000 to 6,000,0G0 pounds of copper. Just to the west of these mines the Hermosa company, which has large interests, is shipping from four to five cars of coper ore daily.
 The Silver City Copper company, a new corporation composed of well known Silver City business men, has properties to the southwest of the Santa Rita company's mines. c. C. Shoemaker is president of the Silver City company. Ed. Lane is vice presi' dent, and Harry Kline, manager. The company is to develop its valuable claims on large scale at once.
 Lead and copper are found in pro fusion in the lower end of this minera! belt. the ore being a fine smelling one, The Hermosa company is shippiAS from it's Ivanhoe mine large quantities Of ore of this kind to Silver City and El Paso. There is at least 2o,OO0 tom sf this ore on the Ivanhoe's dumps and low estimate places Che value oi ore in sight at s100,000. The company uapmises to erect reduction plani and smelter at an early date.
 Hanover.
 About a mile and half west of Fierro is Hanover camp. John Brock man, an old time mining man in this section and who has of late interest ed himself in Arizona properties, has begun extensive operations at Han over Mr. Brocknan is many times g millionaire.