s from small mining oper
ations.
Again, the Independent - the weekly predecessor to the Daily Press - had this to say in 1908:
"The main ore supply will be drawn from the company's mines, but custom ore will be purchased and fair and square treatment accorded the miner," it said.
The whole operation - like the narrow-gauge railroad - never r
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eally panned
out. The operation was idle for several years until 1913. Then, Romaine Fielding and the Lubin Motion Picture Company came to town, and the abandone
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- d smelter caught
the director's eye.
"Sundy was a thrilling day for the Silver City people," said the Independent that year.
"The Lubin Co. enacted a drama at the smelter below town, blew up the narrow gaug
- e
railroad bridge and two large water tanks and incidentally furnished amusement for
2,000 people scattered over the surrounding hills watching the interesting events."
Fielding directed a mock labor riot at the smelter and 200 actors rushed