The copper era., 1901-08-29

| work so far has been dCne on one claim. l The claims are situated in good sec l tion of the district, and show heavy 1 quartz cropping=, but a. no one was al | home on that day the reporter would ] not feel at liberty to say anything fur ther about the property Nr. Frye, who is an old timer in this section, is | mining man Of much experience. ! Unfortunately be has been in pad | health for some time past. and is now | at the springs. The work on the claims | has been done under contract by ?. F. ] Crowley. than whom there l. no better mining man in this section. The com pany is now advertising to let con- | tract for a tunnel to be driven in loo | feet lower than the present tunnel, which the representative was informed | is 300 feet in length.
 THE GRIFFITHJOsSEY COMPANY
 Was recently organized with the same 1 officers a the Copper Matte company. | Their property was not visited by the
 representative Of the ERA. The com | pany took oyer the Last Chance group, | formerly owned by Mr. Frye. MT. | Crowley has been doing development
 work on the property, and reports 1t | looking well.
 NOTES.
 Col. Dell NJ. Potter has large num- l Der of most promising c!aim ims, and is
 working some of them.
 , Almost every mine in the district can be worked by tunnels, which Is a
 cheap method Of operation.
 R. L. Powel and others Of Silver City also have a number Of claims on
 some of the principal leads of the dis
 trict.
 l r-,., r. C.o,,-I,,,. Lo,-a o rrro,,,, 0f most
 promising claims, upon which they
 expect soon to commence development
 work on an extensive scale. ! The ERA is under obligations to
 Chas. Hill, Noah Climo and MT Un- dcrwood for favors shown its represen-
 tative while in their camps. | Messrs. Dorsey, Tevis, Williams and Greenlec also own q large group or
 claims from which a considerable
 amount of good ore was taken. The altitude of the various camps is about 5000 feet, which gives them an
 ideal climate. Clifton can be seen very
 plainly from several Of the camps. | There is an abundance of timber in
 that section for fuel and mining pur- poses. As the veins are. all Assures but little timbering will be required. Dad Arbuckle is said to own some
 of the best claims in that end of the district, upon some Of which he has spent much money in development work.
 Men are being put to work in all of the mines as fast as room can be made
 for them. In another year that sec
 tion will be about a. lively as any
 other section Of the district.
 After the mines are sufficiently de-
 veloped to justify the erection of
 plants, it is likely that quite prosper
 ous town will spring up at some point along the river, where extensive works
 must eventually be erected.
 The Clifton Consolidated Company will soon connect their mines with Clifton by a telephone line, which will
 be great convenience. The company
 has very comfortable office building, and picturesque camp, situated in canyon at least 2000 1t. below the crest of the mountain. through which one
 of their principal leads run.
 The New England company have
 telephone line from their office at the Wells residence on the river to the mines, which saves many a trip over the trail. It is necessary to carry all supplies from the wagon road to the
 mine on burrOs. Jim Smith, we'll known citizen of Clifton, is running the cOmpanyS boarding mousse, anu SelS an excellent table.
 J. F. Smart, one of the old-time miners of the district, who did a large am4Hhn6t1 aaR9h 61er B9 {he eHC HCfoa tonsofdated company, still makes his headquarters at the old place, and is now develop ing some of his own property. He has lived in that section about eighteen years, and has doubtless done more work than any other one man in the district. His family will soon leave for California, that his children may enjoy the schools of that section.