Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-11-29
CLIFTON oULIINas.

erty owned by Carrasco and Salcedo, has
been sold to the A. c.. Co. This mire pro.
duced in about one year and ten months
over $4,000 by manual labor, no machin-
cry Of any kind ever having been used.
The new screens for the Gold Mountain
Mining Company's mill have been set.
Frank Meehlin. a nephew Of Superinten-
dent Mechlin, Of the s. p, bias charge Of
the boarding house At the mill.
CoPPER KINo Co.-The ronte for the
cable bucket tramway, somewhere In the
neighborhood Of three miles IN length, is
being graded. &c. Horace D. Gast, G. E.,
did the engineering work. The fall from
the mine to where the plant will be placed
is 2,400 feet. A new Bartlett smelter,
manufactured at Portland. Maine, has ar
rived, Of rs tons capacity and will be trans
ported TO the Site as soon ~ the balance OF
the machinery gets here. There are about
5000 tons Of blRh-Rrade copper ore, carry.
ing a good deal of the noble meta.s, on the
dump at the mine. Manager Gaugh il
making contracts with packers to have ore
packed to the smelling site preparatory to
the starting Of the smelter. as it will take
some tune to erect the bucket-line owing to
the rough nature Of the ground that it will
hive to be laid on. One span will reach
1000 feet, stretching over u gorge. to look
into which makes a fellow wish he The
didn't done it." 1t may BE- of interest to
a number Of your readers who are not here
now to chorniele that the shelter will BE-
erected at the spot OH the San Francisco
river, about four miles above here, that ~
known to prospectors and commonly called
by Them " the retreat for the noble sous oi
rest. A few members of the order are
lett to relate the exploits achieved by the
noble sons IN days of yore. Chief amongst
them are Jim Guthrie, Jim Randall, Dick
Boyle, Lloyd Lewis, Fred Smart, Geo. w
Wells, Charley Larver, aud the pious Nose
Greenlee. who used to lead in prayer when
called upon 10y the devout Madame Du-
parte. Speak Ut those days to Nose now
and be heayes a sigh, and--takes 4 drink
At such a moment it won't do to say any
thing ubont Blink"
Ellis Miller, Alex. Grant, and Amos
Adams were in town this week. Grant and
Miller are getting some nice ore out of the
Silver T@lg mine for shipping purposes.
Campbell and Muir are going to have a
mill run made on twelve tons Of ore from
the celebrated Refugio mine, OF Gold Gulch,
at the Gold Mountain ~Company's mill
The ore Is second and third class, and sam
pl,s about $50, Last month they cleaned
up from their arrastra 80 ounces Vt gold
worth SIS 80 per ounce.
q. w Eustice, of Carlisle, was IN town
Iast Saturday and Sunday.
The school children the past week took
time by the forelock. They had been cal
culaung a subscription-list for the purpose
OF raising funds for a Christmas tree.
There was considerable drumming done on
the part Of the little ladies, and it is said
quite a sum was obtained by them. BcrtLa
lechler collected So or SO.
II seems the Whum robpery case cannot
he pureued without It witness contingent
from here. 1t would not surprise any one
here ii they were 4" nailed - for a robber,
as il is said some Of the money circulated
IA our midst; some Of it circulated throu. b
the hands OF your correspondent.
1t Is rumored that a fancy dress ball will
be given Wednesday eve. When it cones
to dong things fancy, Clifton has the fan
ciers. Our fancy dresa street promenade
is quite a feature OF the town.
The Grand Hoel is doing a good bust
ness. Chas. Thor, tho cook, is the cause
Of il.
Wild turkeys are reported to be MINER
Gus on the upper Blue. The market here
was glutted recently by the number
brought in by hunters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson, the father and
uiuAhcl VI MIS-. 1 ilt arc mere ph u NlNl.
They are from Boston. Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Colquhoen returned from
from California MonGaS eve.
Henry Hill commenced to haul the smell
ter to the site for the Copper King Com
pany last Monday.
Mayor R. B. Casey Of the C. A. bar out
fit reports cattle looking unusually well
for this time Of year also that the rang
is COED.
Que of our steady young fellows occa-
sionahy gets off something that would do
credit to the humorous Alex Sweet. On a
OCCASION a party of ladies and gen
tlemen were sitting in front Of the Clifton
Hotel. Our Sammy remarked that thu
reason he did not drink coffee or tea was
because be was dyspeptie. W%hereupou
our wag remarked. who are you dyspep
tic with, yourself or tbs world?' l. was
noted that Sam did not reply-hs ooly
grinned. Upon another OCCASION at a inset