Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-10
ARIZONA'S GREAT
 COPPER CAMP.
From the Ashes of a Burned Village Has Risen Substantial and
 Prosperous Town
A Magnificent Showing of Energy and Pluck on the Part of the Bus mess Men-The Nam
 moth Works of the
 Company.

active mining camp in the south west, if not in the entire United States. A single visit there does not give one an adequate idea oi the ac- tivity and progress which IS being made, and the rapid strides in the building up of the town and enlarg- ing of the company's plant.
 The edltor of the JoURNAL-MINER a few days ago made visit to the place anu was perfectly astonished at the improvements noticeable since his last visit there in August last. A number of new business buildings had been constructed in that period while tie number of new residences were simply beyond cal culation. During the same period some importan. and very noticeable improvements had also been made in the mammoth works of the com pany, which, however, are so i'm mense that S50,000 or S100,0O0 ad- ditions to them are scarcely percep- tible to the casual visitor.
 The town Las suffered from fire so much that citizens have become tired of putting up wooden build ings with the liability of having them go up in smoke within a few months, and the business buildings which have been erected since it's last baptism of fire are all built of either brick or cement. One of the most notable of those constructed of the latter material is that of Hoover & Cordiner, and if there is such a thing as an absolutely fire proof building that firm possesses it. The walls are of cement, being double and built with an air chamber in the center. The roof ,s also cement be- ing several inches in thickness so that the only thing inf ammable about the building are the floors and woodwork inside, the wooden win dow frames, castings, etc. To pre- vent the ingress of the destroying element every opening in the build ing including doors and windows are provided with shutters and doors | made of cement, and which are ar ranged on slides on the outside, and every opening to the house can be securely covered with these cement fire protectors within the space ol three minutes time. When closed l the hottest fire imaginable might rage on all sides of the building and on the roof while the interior would be perfectly safe from all damage a: with them closed the entire build | ing Is transformed into cement vault. The firm has been burned 1.-two or three times and MT. Hoover one of the members of it, has gone through the fiery ordeal thers . greater number of times. Shoulc l Jerome ever again be visited by 6 conhagratioa it is safe to predict that one building would escape up damaged, the only element of danger being, and that very slight, the fail ure Cf cement door or shutter tC work. At present they are in per feet working order and can be oper ated by the use of ones little finger | Another magnificent building re gently completed, and the finest on, in Northern Arizona, is the hand some four story brick building of T F. Miller & Co. The ground fool of this building Is sort of semi basement, being on the grade of tht street in front but underground il the rear, and is occupied by tho branch of the Bank of Arizona | Cooks jewelry stor Myers & Camp bells cigar store and news stand anC one or two other lines of business The second and third floors are oc cupied by the mammoth mercantll, firm of T. F. Miller &Co., the fourtI is used as theater and ball rsou and the fifth as secret societ, hall.
 Further down the main thorough fare of the town is new brick build ing recently completed bg Harr, BrIsley and which IS occupied b, Elwin Tarr's drug store.
 On tine opposite side of the st ee nearing completion, is fine thre, story building being erected by Mrs Kitty Grain. On the site of tn, old Grand View hotel, workmen ar engaged ill erecting what, when com pieted will be a magnificent bi! brick building. This Is the prop erty of Ezra c. Bartlett.
 Another of tle imposing building of the town is the new four stor, hotel of the company. on which tn finishing touches are being placed and which it is expected will b ready for occupancy, II not by tn first of February, early in the month But little remains now to do excep to place the furniture iu it, d by Il, means small task when it IS con siderpd that 1t contains over tw, hundrt d rooms. This building i located on the company's ground some distance above the tow proper. It will be used exclusiy sl, for the accommodation of em ploye, of the company add Is so ar ranged that within Its POO room several hundred men can be com fortabiy housed. It will be pro vided with a library and readin; rooms, bath rooms and all con venierces for comfort, while in it dining room 800 men can be fed d one time.
 The cottages erected by the com pany for rent to it's employees wh, have families are models of neatnes and are provided with all the lates