gradually being hauled away

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from is a research division of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) located in Socorro, New Mexico.

Grant County's driveways and highways. The "Big Ditch" is filled with illegally dumped trash. Rusted pipes

Since his appointment as President in 1993, Dr. López has overseen significant growth at the university - in research projects, student population and overall budget.

protrude from the ground. Twisted iron lies with scattered, broken brick. The burned foundation of the old Continental Ore and Chemical Co. fluorspar concen- tratorfrom Wold War

II rests on the ruins of the old Silver City Reduction Works. A road toward the sewer plant south of town leads right by the old operation. There's not much to see. There are the tailings, the slag, and with some imagination, there's the old Silver City smelter. The Silver City Smelter Was Big Operation R

He first came to Socorro as associate director of the Terminal Effects Research and Analysis Group (TERA), which later became EMRTC. After four years as Vice President of Institutional Development, he was hired as president in 1993.

eduction Works South of Town Once Employed More Than 200 Men and Women Sit of 1913 Silent Movie By RICHARD PETERSON Daily Press Writer Ore was hand-picked from steam powered conveyer belts by men - and children. The equipment was "the best known to

metallurgical science." While families depended on the operation for a li