Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-12-20
One of the LiVeliest Camps
 in the Territory.
25O TONS OF COPPER PER
Month are Shipped by One Com
 pany Alone.
A Picturesqus Hamlet, and One that has & Future. A Few Hurried
 Nstes.

CLIFTON, Dec. H. Editorial Cores pondsnce We are at Clifton to night Most if not quite all of our readers ar' familiar with Clifton, and the stories ot its rich mines. Yet owing to its posi- tion, somewhat back from the nair highways of travel, Clifton is not visited SO often as it would be other ise; but fl is safe to say that the first visit is never the last-divine providence permitting MISS NOBODY FROM NOWHERE,
 Archie Gunters latest move, takes a portion of its plot and descril tions from Clifton and the vlclniGy. Comming's s ranch where the "fair English lady" wat butchered by Apaches; the box canyon of the Gils that protected ''dear Mir Peter" and the golden haired crphas that one day became his wife; the hotel at Lordeburg, where Garvey compelled the "dsrnei phiianthrOpodlst" to act aa a coroners jury ars familiar scenes with in comparative short radai of Clifton.
 An author could scarcely choose a more romantic spot about which to weave his story. Dame nature in all her wiid vagarles, has seldom outdld the work of her hands up and down the San Francisco river. Scott is applca- ole when he says:
 The rocky summit split and rent
 Torne'd turred, dome or battlement, Or seemed fan tically set
 With cupoia or minaret,
 Crest-wild as pagod ever decked
 Or mosque or eastern architect.
 SOUTH OF CLIFTON
 On a precipice overlooking the valley and plain for leagues are the ruined for tifications of what was once a populous Indian city. The road to this imprsg nable heights by is dizzy path on the side of the cliff to three successive mesas. The third and highest is surrounded by high breastworks of rock and lava matter and insi1e are number of small pits with a capacity of several men each. The ground within the fortress is strewn with obsidian. flint, broKen arrow heads, crude matatas and fragrants of household utensils. Col. NJ. J. Egan has recently superintended some excavations among the debris here and we shall expect to hear of some valuable and curious finds.
 CONCERNING THE BUSINESS interests of Clifton the brief space allow ed here will not permit us to even touch upon that. IL is the intention in lat ter article to devote full page to this topic, as little short of that would do justice to the resources and activity of this camp. It Is sufficient to say for the present, that Clifton is the most fiourishing mining camp which the writer has yet visited n Ina territory. Every body Is making money and of course everyone Is happy.
 ThesArlzoDa Copper Company alone is shipping an,average of 20O t"ns of bullion per month in addition to a large amount of matte. The company %hich IS an English and Scotch syndicate has sn H. Yestment of S7. 0G,Uysl, auG the etupen dous plan oC the out lar IS 8 magnificent to sturdy Scotch enterprise and perseverance.
 Gen. Manager Sherman is of the opi- nion that the price of copper will steadi- ly decrease till spring. Tine general in ancial depression has much 10 do with this, As to the outlook of Arizona cop CT properties, while they are to a cer- tain extent experiments vet 1t Is being proven that we shall some day rank among the largest producers in market.
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