lon railroad hauled ore to this smelter,

but only briefly. Comanche was absorbed by Savannah Copper Company which operated the plant for a short time. Even at first, Savannah was caught up in the dream that first captured the Hearst family, and later the Comanche Co. Savannah made some improvement at the plan, and the smelter could allegedly handle betw

een 250 and 300 t

• Electrical Engineering Department - Robotics Program grant of $27,000 to develop a low-cost robot for use in mine clearing operations.
• ons or ore per day. Like Comanche, Savannah was also interested in buying ores from small mining operations. 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 really panned out. The operation was idle for several years until 191USAF3. Then, Romaine Fielding and the Lubin Motion Picture Company came to town, and the abandoned smelter caught the directo
• r'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 gauge railroad bridge and two large