El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14

all the principal markets. The Arizona
& New Mexico road leads TO the large
copper camps of Clifton, Morenci and
Metcalf. in Arizona, while the Lords
burg & Hachita road runs south 10
connect with the FL PasO & southwest
ern system. LOrdsburg is already the
shipping point for considerable ore and
large numbers Of live stock The re-
giOu surrounding It is considered one
Of the best breeding countries IN the
world.
Pinos Altos District.
The PinOs Altos mountains ne IA
northeastern Grant county, six to 10
miles northeast Of Silver city, Inc
town of Pinos Altos is on the eastern
slope Of the mountain at an eleVauon
of about 1000 feet. The principal mines
are located above the town on the east
side OF the mountain, but some GeVel-
oDment work has been done on the
upper western slope. A narrow gage
railroad connects the camp with Silver
CITY. Gold has been the principal pro
duct but silver, copper ana 4eao nave
also con tributed, and zinc deposits may
add in the future to the production
The camp has produced close TO
$4,000. 900 and has just begun its his
Another district closely associated IS
the Chloride flat which lies in mar
row, shallow valley Of that name about
one and one-half miles northwest Of Sill
yer City The narrow gage line from
Pfnos Altos passes close to the mine on
mines have produced more than
SIS. GOO, 900 chiefly in silver, making this
one Of the largest silver camps In New
Mexico.
santa Rita and Hanover.
The Santa Rita and Hanover districts
are situated in eastern Grant county.
They are included in the territory
known officially as the Central Mining
District. The Santa Rita district IS
one Of the Oldest mining camps in the
west and ranks next to the Lake SUI
pertor district Of Michigan as the earil-
est known important copper district
within what is now the United states.
From these mines copper was Original
~ supplied for coinage to the Mexican
government and it is said that as much
as 1000 600 pounds annually were pro
duCed and used in this way. Before
1899, according to established record,
more than 100000 had been pro-
duced. while an estimated lOO,OOO,OOO
pounds have been produced since tnar
time and mining has only just begun
on a large scale. The Hanover mine,
about three and One-haI1 miles norm
of Santa Rita, was also known 70 the
Indians. but its record OF operation eN-
18th century The iron deposits OF
Fterro. really part Of the Hanover dis
trict early attracted attention ana
were tapped by the railroad In 1881
The Colorado Fuel and Iron company IS
now making daily shipments from this
place The Santa Rita-HanOver district
is one Of the richest I'm the region.
Really q part Of these is the Central
District seven miles east Of Silver City
The Central District in fact, surround
ing the town of Central, being COM
monty made to include not only those
camps but number of smaller camps
near by. Tt Is an important producer
Of copper. ROldeand some silver.
The Georgetown district lies four
miles northeast Of Santa Rita and IS
one Of the oldest silver mining camps
in New Mexico.
The Lone Mountain district IS 10
Gated in a group OF three hills of low
elevation about six miles southeast OF
Silver City. Rich silver ore was found
there IN the early days and the camp
is still PRODUCING.
Rurro Mountain District!
The BurrO mountains form some
what isolated grOuD about 10 miles
southwest of silver City. Activity cen
tiers at the camp Of LeopoId. which IS
y miles by road from Silver CITY. it
is probable that the indians mined for