Bisbee daily review., 1902-03-11
The Arizona Clay Manu- featuring Company.
\ Leading Industry at Benson The Result of Crying Need BlSbee and Benson BuSl-
 ness Men Launched
 the Enterprise.

The Arizona Clay Manufacturing company was one of the prlncipai points of interest that was visited by those who took advantage of the ex- cursion Sunday to Benson. The plant is one of the best anywhere in the west and is giving general satisfaction to the stockholders.
 The heavy demand for first class building brick at reasonable price, prompted few of Bisbee's leading business men to investigate the clay deposit at Benson with the idea of erecting brick making plant.
 Last May a company was formed and incorporated under the territorial laws called the Arizona Clay Manufacturing company, capitalized at s60, 900. From this amount sufficient stock was sold to buy and erect plant which is perhaps second to none west of Denver.
 Owing to the slow freight facilities, and the diffiulty of securing satisfacto- ry workmen, the construction was slow, but in due time was erected and Is now in operation. The company owns forty acres of land immediately adjoining the town of Benson, and the clay found on this ground has been examined by chemists in Denver and other points and declared to be strictly first class in every particular for the manufacture of building and pressed brick. The ground also contains large deposit of first class fire clay, from which can be made fire brick and anything in ths line of clay manufacturing.
 The main building is about 10Ox3O with other small buildings attached in which is some of the machinery. Ir the main building is the dry pan oI crusher where the clay goes first to be ground and leaving this point it i: hoisted to the third floor to sives where the finest passes into the mud bin or the second floor and the coarser re turns to the crusher. From the mut bin the fine clay is stirred in the water by large auger shaped piece of ma chinery until it becomes like mud ana is forced out al one end dropping down to the brick machine some fee below where the clay is forced in { long brick on a belt to the automatic cutter, one of the most interesting pieces of machinery invented. Thii little wire toothsd piece of mechanic ism which never varies ar eighth Of ar inch on brick, cuts twelve at time which are at once loaded upon @ cal and run into the dry tunnels upon { little tramway. The dry tunnels ars 100 feet long having six departments each tunnel holding fifteen care. Eact car is so loaded that it holds 564 b-ick thus 1t may be easily seen how many brick are placed in the dry tunnel al one time. The brick remain in these tunnels 36 hours where the stean pipes on every side are evenly heated and are thoroughly dried before taker out to the kiln to be burned. The pro cess of burning the brick require. about nine days. The kiln burn. l50,O0 brick at one time and second kiln is being erected that holds 250, 900 brick. The size of each brick 1: st in. long by 4s in. wide and 2i in thick, and strictly first class. The en- zine is 100 horse power and the boiler: are 270 horse power, sufficient to in stall tile mill for sewers, etc. There will be additional improvements made in the near future.
 Geo. Dickinson, superintendent o the plan, has had long experience ir the work and states that the plant i: one of the very best. Everything l! moving of finely without a hitch there being at present g men employ ed. The officers of the plant art Messrs. R. P. Brown, president: Geo 8. Shibley, vice-president; J. T. Hood secretary and treasurer. Peter John, son, H. Gerwiew, NJ. F. Crstaneda, W C. Land, directors.