The Silver City Museum invites the community to a presentation and book signing for Copper Mining in Santa Rita, New Mexico, 1801-1838 by Helen Lundwall. Ms. Lundwall will sign books on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 2 pm at the Silver City Museum, located at 312 West Broadway in downtown Silver City, where the book will be available for sale.
Copper Mining in Santa Rita, New Mexico, 1801-1838 is the story of the formative years of a remarkable mine in southwestern New Mexico that has produced copper for more than 200 years. Records of the Spanish Colonial and early Mexican period have yielded intriguing accounts of the people involved in the early development of the mines, the difficulties they encountered along the way, and the importance of this small settlement to the history of the frontier. Although the Santa Rita mines produced a fortune to the few men willing or able to invest money in their development, it was always a difficult and hazardous undertaking.
Helen Lundwall is a retired librarian. She edited and annotated Pioneering in Territorial New Mexico: The Memoirs of H. B. Ailman, and is the author of several articles on local history.
The Silver City Museum creates opportunities for residents and visitors to explore, understand and celebrate the rich and diverse cultural heritage of southwestern New Mexico by collecting, preserving, researching and interpreting the region's unique history. For more information about the Museum and its programs, please contact Museum staff at (575) 538-5921 or
