The Florence tribune., 1900-06-30
REMEMBERING JOE.
Writes of the "GImmerino GlintD of the
 Ray Copper Mines.
Special to tho Florence TnInuSn.I


 correspondent has been enabled to ob- tain, have ascertained the fact that the big mill and concentrating plant of the Ray Copper company is sue cess beyond all question and that the capacity is to be doubled at an early date.
 Everything about it all shows up substantially. The railroad, the houses, the mill and the machinery generally have an air about them all that inspires confidence and shows up the most advanced thought, talent and good business management. The vast body of sulphide ores nov blocked out by the company is over 800 feet wide as shown by diamond drill tests. The values they are working vary from 6 per cent to 50 per cent. They have vast margin to work on by mixing their ores and can arrange almost any kind of a dividend for their stock hold CTS as they may wish to approximately blend the high grade and lower grade ores.
 It is certainly big thing for Pinal county. Manager Truman, Messrs. Hill, Myers, Wise and Foley deserve especial thanks of the citizens of Pinal county for having brought such a wonderful state of affairs about in such short time; it speaks well for such good management and untiring energy. The same company opera tes the Rio Tinto Copper mines in Spain, said to be the largest cop per property in the world. The Rothschilds are said to be packers of it all, not only in Spain but also in all the other copper properties owned and operated by this company.
 Railroads will be constructed by which Florence will benefit. It will be the means of opening up all this section of country as it has never even been thought of, and a new era of prosperity is about to dawn upon us. The whole country for radius of many miles around here is evidently uRderlaid with vast bodies of sulphides just as portions of Pennsylvania are underlaid with coal. Work done here and there for many miles, extending almost to Florence, shows such con ditions. New camps will spring up in every direction attending the success of the Ray company, and trade will be brisk in all the surrounding towns. The farmer will also get better prices for his products, and bigger and bet ter water system than the present Florence canal will undoubtedly be brought about in unison and harmony with the encouraging spirit of prog ress under the prevailing conditions.
 Kelvin is orderly and progressive despite the fact that the boys do booze up considerably at times, yet it is all a good-natured frontier sort of a crowd, all willing to help each other as best they can. They nearly all have seen better days. and are here to struggle for chance to get up again, as we'll as providing for present press ing necessities.
 Your correspondent undertook on two occasions to lay out all the old topers and make them see the horrors of the rum Labit, so they would for ever forsake it. It took me tn rec days to lay them all out, pat I maintained the honor of Florence and of the new s. paper fraternity. On one of the occa- sions mentioned I composed the fol- lowing beautiful verses, which l am quite sure will be appreciated by your numerous readers, and will show them the folly of mixing the brands in Ari- zona, Kentucky or elsewhere. Here is the poem, entitled d
 THE eLITTERING CLINT.
 The glittering glint of the shimmerine sun
 Shed forth a refulgent ray,
 As great galoot with a big red shoot
 Through Kelvin was finding his way. He was entirely busted and completely
 disgusted,
 No visible drink at hand;
 He gave one yell as down he fell
 Damning the Kelvin brand.
 Piety Flat is the nice sweet place I adjourn to for rest from the madding crowd of Kelvin and think of beautiful things of the higher spiritual life and how important it is to seek strength and wisdom from on high It requires all this in order to pull through Kelvin and other pious place: