Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-08-03
CLIFTON AND MORENCI.
The Greatest Copper Producing Camps in the Territory if
 Not ir the World.
CLIFTON. AriZ.. 2a

CLIFTON, Ariz., %, 1895.
 Reached Clifton one day ahead of the washouts, which kept the railroad boys busy from the 2lth to the 9th retair- ing the damage done at thirteen differ ent places on both sides of Duncan. The CITIZEN correspondent has been four times lucky in escaping washouts during the last three weeks.
 The railroad from Clifton to Lords burg is @ narrow gauge road, but 1t is the outlet for the greatest copper pre- ducing region in Arizona, if not in the world Distance from Lordsburg to Clifton is 7i miles, and is run in four hours. Duncan is about half way be- tween Lordsburg and Clifton. It is a small town, but shows signs of prosper ity. There are several good sized farms irrigated by the Gila river. This is the jumping off place for Carlisle, another interesting town on the upper Gila.
 The road from Duncan to Clifton is very interesting on account Of the beaut iful scenery. There are many bends along the hills, and many bridges span- ming deep srroyos. Then, in places, the train runs on a narrow bed between the Gila on one side and steep perPendicular mountains on the other.
 Clifton is reached at D. m. This is busy town. It Is from here that mil lious of pounds of copper have been pouring out for years. The town is sit uated in deep canyons, and may be di- vided in to three parts; North Clifton is that part of the town where the Anerl- can families reside, mostly families of the employees Of the Arizona Copper company; the Mexican population is found mostly along Chase Creek, and the business houses Tn South Clifton. The Arizona Copper company gives life to the place. Several hundred men, mostly Mexicans, are employed at ealg- ries ranging from Sl 50 10 S4 day. The company 6 store carries a very heavy stock of merchandise. At this store you get anything you Bsk for, from q tender loin steak to draft on the LCndon bank.
 The sme!ters are kept alive day and night producing constant stream of copper. Mir. James Coiquhoun is the general superintendent. He is st pres- ent in the City of Mexico, and in his aO- sence Mir. J. G. Hopkins attends to the affairs of the company. Mir. A. Fraissin- ct has charge of the mercantile branch of the cont any.
 The Clifton hotel is the only hotel here, but it is large enough for the ac- commodation of travellers, and is well managed.
 Col. J. NJ. Egan is the attorney of the company and IS very popular in this (GTaham) county and IS very able law yer.
 MT. Robert Maley runs the ice factory here.
 The ores smelted at Clifton are | brought from Morenci. Metcalf and Longfellow. The trains from Clifton to | the mines named above are kept going all day, several trips being made during | the day, bringing ores and wood to Cliff | ton and returning to Morenci with coke. | Persons visiting Morenci, Metcslf and | Coronado for the first time will be sur prised to find in these places some of | the highest. and longest gravity Inclines | in the world. The Coronado incline ie a little over 33C0 feet and is supposed to be the longest in the world with the ex. ception, 8s some say, of an incline ID South Africa.
 Morenci is very lively camp-more