Graham guardian., 1901-01-25
A TRIP
To Duncan, Clifton and Morenci by a
Representative of the Guardian.

The writer returned from a tri'
+ to the above places q few days age
: whittier he had gone in the inter
est of the New Century Illustrate
a edition of the GUARDIAN.
!, The thriving little town of Dun
/ can was the first point reached
8 While business is little quiet a
, this season of the year, this plac,
has a prosperous future. Th
, broadening of the Arizona Cope
: company's railroad from Lordsburs
, to Clifton will be benefit, beside
} the valley is improving rapidly
Duncan is the shipping point anc
the business center of that fertile
} valley. New bitches are being dug
and the, old ones improved eacf
year. A larger acreage is being
cultivated this year than ever be
fore.
| In the Franklin district about
three miles southeast of Duncan
great improvements have been
made. Three years ago this land
was a desert waste. A colony
of Mormans settled there and by
their usual thrift and industry have
changed this desert waste into a
garden spot. A large one room
school house was built last summer.
1t is already too small to accom-
modate the scholars. Two teachers
were employed at the beginning of
the year, both teaching in the same
room.
A good school is being taught at
the Day school house by Miss Bun
ker, of Silver City. They are bad
ly in need of a new house as the
present one is too small tor any
use. Duncan valley offers splendid
inducements for the Industrious
small farmer and the practical,
scientific and systematic chicken
farmer can find no better field. The
thriving towns of Clifton and Mo-
renci furnishes market unexcell-
ed.
Taking the train at Duncan the
writer landed at Clifton, where it
was all life, hustle and improve
ment.
The Arizona Copper Company,
(LtO is making substantial and
permanent improvements, the cost
of which will exceed one million
dollars, and upon the completion
of these improvements the COM
pany's output of copper will be in
creased by one-third. This com
pany is building new concentra7
tor at the Longfellow incline, put
ting new pumping plant in at
Clifton, north Of the works, MAX
ing broad guage of their railroad
to Lordburg, distance Of seventy
miles, are going to widen the "baby
guage" railroad from their smelter
to the Longfellow incline to a mar
row guage using a portion of the
rolling stock on the present narrow
guage. They are also going to en-
large their smelter.
The Medler Copper company,
Hon G. M. Shannon, superintend-
ent, is erecting as melter on the
river below Clifton.
The Shannon Copper company
contemplate the erection Of a fine
plant during the spring and sum-
mer.
At the model Arizona mining
camp of Morenci, improvements on
a grand scale are being made. The
new narrow guage railroad from
Guthrie to Morenci is fast nearing
completion. This road is the most
crooked on earth. 1t makes three
complete loops in going up the
canyon besides other turns in the
form Of the letter S, and ends al
the Detroit company's large foul
story stone store, where its goods
arc ICCtlNcu ulIcCu lTOIl tHO Coli
into the basement of the building
This store is considered one of the
finest appointed and best arranged
in the west. 1t is 75x150 feet The
stone was quarried at Morenci anc
from its notified appearance se&
off the building in an artistic man
ner. Mr.. VanGorder, the manager
of the mercantile department, il
the right man in the right place, az
the arrangement of the store shows
A new depot, school house anC
hospital are being built of stone
and an elegant hotel building
planned. When all these building
are completed Morenci will be thu
model copper camp of the west
The AIizona Copper dompany i:
also erecting fine three-story stor'
building on the Longfellow prop
erty, which is in the heart of Mo
renci.
The Arizona Copper company
Detroit Copper company, Medlel
Copper company and the Shannon
Copper company pro perties are 10
Gated in radius of a few miles
Thew simnlv own mountains of low