The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1902-09-25
MINES ANh MINING.

MSSSre. NlCCO4lss I OF YET dHA cry
left Clifton this morning for the
White Mountain country in search OF
the mythical, and long lost Adams
diggings. Messrs. lNiccolls, Young,
McFate, Whipple and Hostmann re-
Gently spent two mcnths in that Sec
ton. and found a codStry which CORE
spends in every pad Splar with the
legend of the Adams IgIngs, which
were discovered mort Jan fifty years
ago, by a large partt4ot prospectors,
all OF whom were killed ty the Indians
except Adams, who wano,red for days
afterwards over the country without
food until found and cared for by a
party OF soldiers. Adams afterwards
organized a number OF parties and
searched for the diggings, bul was not
able to locate them. Many old timers
were acquainted with Adams il his
life time and most Of them believe in
the old mans story. \ large amount
of money has been spent in search ng
for the Adams diggings, but like a
will-o1the-wisp was found only to bo
lost again. 1t is not so remarkable
that the Adams diggings should exist
as it is that they cannot be found,
still most OF the prospectors who have
searched for them have looked for Ger
tain physical condition. such three
red buttes, fat topped fountain and
waterfall, all Of which.s4ay have ma
terially changed since at time. In
early that section was ell timbered
and the streams were full OF water,
conditions which do not now exist.
1t is possible of course that some OF
the searchers for the diggings have
camped on the very ground and failed
to discover them and it is also possible
that the Adams story is a myth, yet
this IS hard to believe. At any rate
the Adams story is we'll fixed in the
minds OF prospectors who will con-
tinue the search until the golden
treasure house is found provided it ever
existed.
Messrs. John X. Erskin, jr., secre-
tary of the Shannon Copper company,
J. w. Hazen, treasurer, and George
G. Gill, director OF the same compa ny,
are in Clifton this week. They are
satisfied that in H. c. Anderson the
company has superintendent that
will push things, and get the company
on dividend paying basis. They say
that Mr.. Anderson is man OF great
executive ability, and can pick out
men with the necessary technical abil-
ity, to work under him. AS reason
for their belief in his executive ability
they point out the work he has done in
Springfield, Massachusetts. He took
charge OF the Electric Lighting COM
pany in that town when it was little
affair with a capital OF $4,000. His
work alone brought it up to its pres
en-: condition, and that is company
with capital of 81 900, 600 which pays
such dividends that its stock, the par
value of which is 800, sells on the
markets for S215. The Shanpea',---
pany has lonGl-sS--Sd a Superintendent
of this kind. The new concentration
is being rapidly pushed, and they ex-
pect it to be running inside of four
months. 1t will be framed of wood,
instead OF steel, as first intended, as
owing to the orders now piled up in
the steel mills it would delay the COM
pletion OF the concentrator for four or
six months If the company should wait
until the steel for framing could be
supplied Liberal.
At Mayer, Ariz., or rather, nearly a
mile to the southeast. on a spur Of the