Arizona republican., 1897-10-01
CLIFTON DISTRICT.
One of Arizona's Many Prosperous
 Mining Camps.

Clifton, Sept. 29.-(Speclal colles- pondence of the Republican, .)-Graham county has reason to feel proud or her varied resources. Judging from | observations taken within a radius of five miles from Clifton there is a wealth of minerals yet undeveloped in the mountains lying in the north ern part of the county and it devolves upon The Republican to present what information has been secured relative to Clifton, Moreaci, Evans Point and Gold Gulch, all promising a great fu- ture in the production of copper, gold and silver, the deveiopment Of the former taking front rank. From information received througj a party of soldiers who had been fighting Apaches in the seventies, Robert Metcalf, uncle of Charles M. Shannon, ex-United States revenue collector, led a party from Silver City into Chase creek, west of Cliff ton, that year and located a number of claims a few miles up the creek in Coronado canyon. Leznisky Bros, in 1874, took the Lonfellow copper prospect from Metcalf in satisfaction of certain indebtedness, the brothers carrying on a smeIter at Clifton un- til 1882, when they sold out to a com pany organized in Edinburgh, Scot land, said company acquiring what re- mained of iMetcalf's claims The Ed inburgh company paid round sum for the claims, now aggregating eighty, the plant at Clifton and town site, which does not include North Clifton and properties built upon by parties of Chase creek beyond the shelter. Their town site property is occupied on leases
 With the completion of the com pany's railway in 1884 added to other properties controlled by them, and known under the style of the Arizona Copper company, ,- limited, their pos sessions aggregate in value 5,000,- 900. This includes, too, the ore rail- way, inclines at Metcalf and Long fellow. and equipment thereof, i'm provements made on the smelter and what directly pertains to it's success ful working, besides the immense store buildings and stocks therein. One of the most attractive and quite
 fovements is a great pew er< constructed of brick and covering ground space of 60xS5 feet.
 
 270 horse power. Two compressors Of Chicago make were introduced in July. Two and one-half tons of coal will suffice to make the needed gas supply, at a cost of about SIP per ton laid down. In an annex of the big building is dynamo of 25O volts ca pacity, the power being obtained from one of the gas engines The electric light service is confined to the mill for illumination and the operation oi big crane where the converters are worked. If the compressors prove 2 success the power house building vii be extended 200 feet toward the bridge which spans the Frisco river
 The A. c. c. company can smell 300 tons of ore daily, in conversion equal to 100000 pounds monthly the amount now being produced. Ore: are purchased from Stevens and Shan non up Chase creek when a shortag; occurs. Rock is quarried near tn, Longfellow incline which is used fo lining the converterA. and partly fo fuxing. The ores from the A. c. c company mines are of a low grade carrying a small percentage of sil yer. The BeSsemer plant started month ago is of the same design a those operated at Bisbee and Jerome A dam in the Frisco was built mil above Clifton, and the water Hume, to the smelter, besides which a sup ply is secured from Chase creek. Tn copious water supply is fortunate in asmuch as it enables the compan to granulate the slag by passin through strong streams, then carrie out into the river like so much sant A goodly portion of slag is used i ballasting the company's roads Coz is had from Corrillos, N M, and coB from West Virginia.
 By the methods aoopted at tt smelter from one-half of one pt cent to three per cent only is lost, other words the copper bullion, { shipped to New York and Europe f. final treatment, nets 99 to 991s p cent The company has telepho1 line strung to Metcalf and Longfe low where the ores are loaded. Son TOO men are employed in all depar ments controlled by the compan Unskilled labor is paid from $1
 $2.25 per day, others from $3 and u ward. Quite a large revenue accru from tolls paid by the Detroit COT pany at Morenci on coal, coke, lur Der, merchandise, etc., shipped
 from the s. P, and the bullion carri out for the same concern. Some ve important improvements to the sme ter and adjuncts are contemplat this fall. The supply of ore is abu dant and good for twenty years
 This company employs diamol drill, a wonderful invention made
 determine in it's operations ore inc cations below the surface. Twen feet can be drilled in ten hours. On during the past three years have t production of ores been payi1 proposition Through the operati of the seventy-One mile narrC gauge road, the stores, and leases
 Clifton comes good monthly financ reports to add to the profits on bulli shipped. The present official diret ory of the A. C. C.. company, limitt is: James Colquhoun, general ma ager and superintendent: J. G. Ho