Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-08-15
THE BONANZAS. Smelling and Concentrating at Clifton. LOSSES BY FIRE AND FLOOD. Rich Gold and Silver Mines-New
 Companies Formed. Activity in Operations-Wonderful Feats on A. & N. M. R. R.--Out-
 put of Bullion-Notes.
LOSSES BY FIRE AND FLOOD


 Co.,, which are in operation ir the
 neighborhood of Clifton, another impor- tant branch of their great enterprise to
 be mentioned, the smelling and concen- trating of the ores. This process is per formed at the town of Clifton with a plant consisting of three 60 tons and a 40 ton water jacket furnaoe. The ca
 pacity of the concentrator is 100 tons daily. The water supply is furnished from the San Francisco rIver. An IS 1t.
 head received by BE it. Leffel turbine
 wheel develops 120 horse power, winch
 IS ample to drive all the machinery of
 The smelling and concentrating plant
 When the water is too low for the wheel
 120 Coris engine is employed to fur
 nish the necessary power. H. E, Hogs
 hett is the engineer in charge. First
 class coke Gmported principally from
 Virginia and Colorado is used, costing
 the company from S27 to 80 per ton
 delivered at Clifton. The output IS
 g tons per day. The sleg from the fur naces is removed by rapid stream of
 water, while rifles devised at the end of
 the Hume Catch particles of copper that might otherwise escape. The smelling foremen are Geo. Fraser and L. D.. Davis.
 The company's main office at Clifton is handsome structure, composed of bricks manufactured from the slag. The building had narrow escape from being swept away down the GIla river last spring during the great flood. Timely caution is now being exercised
 oy driving piles to form a :breakwater to torestall similar catastrophe.
 The A. O. Co.'s store is managed by Geo. Heggie. Prior to month ago the quarters occupied by this branch of
 business was splendid brick building
 in the main part of the town, but fire, believed to have been the work of an in- cendiary, has forced MT. Heggie into less eligible apartments, formerly used for a warehouse. The loss sustained from the fire was probably over Sl00,000. Between fires and floods during the past few months the company have sus
 tained a heavy loss. This company, it is estimated, has expended about S7 ,000,- 900 in the development of their prop erty at this place, one and quarter
 million of which has gone into the con-
 struction and equipment of the A. <
 N. NJ. R. R. from Lordsburg to Clifton. The road is 36 inch guege, and the total distance is Il miles. For about dozen
 miles lsading south from Clifton may
 be seen wonderful piece of engineer ing. The numerous curves are, IL many instances, 30 degrees, and most of the
 grades, 10 1t. per mile. There are four
 tunnels, and nearly 200 bridges and cul-
 verts, also many cuts and half cuts. Some
 of the trestles are from 60 to loft. high The road is said to be a paying prop | ersy. Over one and one-half million
 pounds of pig copper, the product of the A. c, Co. and D. c. Co.,, were shipped over this road in 1890. This road is under the superintendence of John | Shennen, who IS also the general man. ager of all the affairs of the AriZ. c. O., ! and J. G. Hopkins is the treasurer and
 cashier. The most important lntermedi- ate station along the A. & N. M. K. R. is Duncan, situate on the Gila river within about three miles of the bound ary between Arizona and New MexIco. The population is about 100. It has hotel, restaurant, saloon, blacksmith shop, and a good general merchandise store kept by H. c. Boone, who, 1 was informed, does lucrative business with the numerous farmers and stockr8isers
 in the vicinity. The Carlisle mines in New Mexlco, when in full blast, have contributed to the material prosperity of Duncan.
 OTHER MINING ENTERPRISES AND PROS PECTs AROUND CLIFTON.
 During my first days at Clifton I heard frequent mention of the Gold Gulch district, and was finally prevailed on to pay it visit, accompanied by R. Lakeman, owner of the Campbell gold mine. The location is about two miles west of Morenci. This district is said to have attracted considerable attention | nearly twenty years ago on account of its placer diggirgs, and, according to the testimony of Ignacio Campbell, who visited it as a piospector among the first, there were at least 500 miners and
 prospectors on the ground. Mir. Camp bell is still in the gulch, and, in part
 nership with Ben Crawford, owns sev- eral claims. Mir. Campbell is said to be
 good prospector and judge of mining. He made two shipments of ore to El Paso last year, amounting to nineteen | tons, from the Nevada mine, running
 over S200 per ton. This mine has a pay streak of 6 inches in foot ledge from | which ore is being taken out and treat | ed by the common amaigamating pro- | cess. using Tailor's rock fine crusher l Shipments of ore made in April last 10 l the United States mint, San Francisco, | net him g ounces gold, 20G ounces silver 1 per ton, according to returns shown
 me. Ihe Refugio and Black Dyke gold mines, owned by Campbell and Craw- | ford. are believed to be valuable proper | ty. The latter claim has 70foot tun- 1 nel, and a crosscut at the end encounters
 a l2-foot ledge of ore averaging SIP to | Sl5. The formation IS porphyry and | limestone. Wood and water IS in con-
 venient proximity to these mines.
 On the east side of the gulch, running
 parallel to it and less than 90 rods up
 the hill side. is situated the Campbell
 mine, R. Lakeman, proprietor. he mine is claimed to be on the mother
 ledge of the district, which car be traced
 easily for two and one half miles. Alter
 killing the rattlesnakes that had era wled into the bucket for shade, l took their place and descended 60-foct shaft, and
 found the leoge to be fully G feet wide
 at the bottom, from winch several bun-
 dred tons of ore had been taken in drift
 ing on the ledge. Two lots were ship ped to Denver about New Year, returns
 showing the nine toa lot to net S22".92
 per ton. Second lot of four tons, waste
 ore on dump, sent to test its value, net
 S32 56 per ton. Another lot assessed
 612 ounces silver, and ounces gold.