Graham guardian., 1901-08-30
Clifton News.


From the Copper Era.
Hon. C. NJ. Shannon and wife
arrived home Sunday last from
Cloudcroft and Ell Paso, where
they spent a couple of months
pleasuring.
Bay, Shannon, who bas been on
the sick list for the past week, left
Tuesday morning for FL Paso,
where he will take treatment in
the hospital. Mr.. Shannon's
trouble is not Of serious nature,
and his friends hope that he will
soon be well again.
During the past two weeks Hon.
Pedro Michelena, eX-county record.
er, has been giving his personal
attention to the development of
some of his mining claims in Cop
per mountain and Greenlee dis
tricts. Mr.. Michelena has had a
force of men at work since the first
of the year, and is getting his
property in good shape. He is in
terested in some of the best claims
in the two districts, and is prepar-
ed to develop them.
An advertisement in Tucson pa
pers of a Tucson Mining company
operating in this district conveys
the following information to the
public:
''The Clifton-Morenci district is
now producing 1000 tons of copper
daily, which production will be
doubled in a. year, and it is pre-
dicted that within five years it will
be the greatest copper producing
district in the United States, if not
in the world"
Three thousand tons of copper
daily! Just think of it! At thirty
tons to the car it would take sixty
cars per day, or three trains, to
haul the copper out Of Clifton.
Such statements to men who know
even a little about mining are
simply ridiculous. Clifton and
Mo~enci ship on an average a little
over tSTo cars Of copper per day,
including Sundays. Further COM
ment is not necessary.
The Era was honored this week
by a visit from Mr.. 7. G. Webster
Of Thatcher, who with his wife and
daughter came over last week on a
visit to friends and relatives. NJ.
Webster located at SaE Bernardino
in 1851, and in 1854, he with sew
eral others purchased o large ranch
at San BernQrdino from Spanish
Don named Santa Anna. At that
time there were very few people
living in what is now San Bernar-
dino county. On March 4, 1860
when old Abe Lincoln was inaugu-
rated president of the United
States, Mr.. Webster was at Ariz-
ona City. near the present prosper
Gus town Of Yuma. Arizona City
is only memory, but at that time
it was somewhat noted, but had
only three houses. Mr.. Webster
was in Prescott in 1865. The
town had not yet been laid out.
There was only one log cabin
there then. Dad Wright, Clifton's
Justice of the peace-or one Of
them-was there at that time and
thinks the house was built in 1864
but Mr. Webster is quite sure that
he is correct in giving it as 1865.
During the years of 1868 Mr..
Webster hauled freight from Los
angeles, then a Mexican adobe
v;Iloo-a. to Prescott. He was
freig6ting to Phoenix in 1869,
mpieh ,rbie h',4g al {bo+ time was town of
shacks. Mr.. We 'stef mas oeen Il
resident of Graham ooun'y ~ ~
nineteen years, and is o. " oi 80 10
most progressive and subsl, ,a
citizens. He has seen Arizona a,
velop from nothing to its present
place of importance in the states
and territories Of the Union and
he expects to live to see it pass all
of its sisters in the output of min
eral. Notwithstanding his age
Mr.. Webster is as active and Wig
orous as any of his sons in Clifton
and that is saving q GOOD deal.