El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-04
Special Ccrrespondence of the He aid


PHOENIX. A. T, Dec. 2-There are
persistent reports and frequent de-
malls of a proposed new railroad from
southern Arizona to Ell Paso affording
a new outlet for mineral regions. Be
hind this railroad building is said to
be Phelps. Dodge & Co., of New York.
which is to have the cooperation of
other mining companies OF southern
Arizona. and possibly central and nor
thern Arizona. The Detroit Copper
Mining company, limited, of Morenci,
and the Copper Queen Mining COM
pany of Bisbee. both Phelps, Dodge &
Co. concerns operating immense cop
per holdings. are now engaged in rail
road building. said to be the initial
steps of the large enterprise of draw
ing many big mines into closer rela-
tionship and creating an outlet for
their minerals. The Arizona Copper
company. backed by wealthy Scotch
capitalists. will soon complete the work
of broadening the gauge of its line
from Clifton to LordSburg. n. NJ
distance of seventy-two miles. The De-
troit company will also soon have a
narrow gauge from its mines at Mo-
renci to Guthrie on the line of the
Arizona Copper company. 1t formerly
secured it's supplies and sent out it's
bullion over ababy-gauge seven miles
from Morenci to Clifton. but the bust
ness of both copied companies. oper-
ating adjoining claims at Morenci has
SO increased as to force the Detroit
company to build a road of it's own.
The combined output of these compan-
les will be nearly as great as hat
from the BiSbee district. For some
time the Copper Queen company has
been constructing a line which will
connect Bisbee with Nacosari a camp
in Sonora. Mexico. where the COM
pany has developed vast copper depos-
it's. Phelps. Dodge & Co. and other
big company interests in southern Ari-
iona are assuming such Importance
that railroad arrangements for facili-
tating development and the operation
of the established mines is imperative
road to Ell Paso seems practical for
the reason that Ell Paso is competi-
tive point and the mining companies
should enjoy lower ates to the east.
However. on account of the increase
volume of business. an arrangement
may be made with the Southern Pacific
in which case the railroad contemplate
ed by Phelps, Dodge & Co. will not ex-
tenn beyond Deming.
Rich Copper District.
Col p. r. Smith. well known min
cocks, owner of the Peabody mines
and president of the Federal Copper
company of New York We're in Cliff
ton a few days ago. looking over some
mining companies. Col Smith has had
experience in Clifton copper deals.
having placed the Shannon mines with
n Butte. Montana. company. and he
has carefully examined the mineral re-
sources of the neighboring mountains.
He is enthusiastic over the prospects
of the camp and predicts that within
five years this district will be the
greatest producer of any on the CONT
nent. He believes that there are a score
of big mines and promising prospects
in the Clifton and Morenci district.
which if located on California Mon
tana or Colorado would attract wide
spread attention. He will remain in
Clifton FOR several weeks, and has
money at his disposal to develop prop
critics which seem to warrant an out
lay.
Mr.. Jacocks has gone to Silver City.
N. NJ. to promote the sale of the Han
over. big copper property which will
be sold at a large figure. In speaking
of the Peabody mine of Graham coun-
ty, Mr.. Jacocks said that Smith ven
tured to purchase the property two
years ago when the character of the
ores was not well understood but the
company of which he is president paid
a dividend of 100000 last year.
Big Monthly Output.
The output of the Arizona Copper
company for the month of October was
$50 tons of fine copper. This is con-
siderable increase over the production
of any month before. A new feature of
the production consisted in the ship
ment of 100 tons of bluestOne valued