Arizona republican., 1902-09-08
Mines and Minerals
 ef Arizona
GRAHAM COUNTY MINES
A Solid Trainload of Copper Shipped
 Last Monday.

The Clifton Copper Era has the fol- lowing news items this week regarding Graham county mining interests:
 A solid trainload of copper passed over the A. & N. M. Monday, it being the first regular freight train over the rew extension from Lordsburg to Ha- chita, where connection is made with the Fl Paso and Southwestern. Fifteen cars of the copper came from Clifton and seven from Morenci, making 22 cars in all. averaging thirty tons each, 660 tons, or 1,320,0O0 pounds, a shipment of which any camp might. well feel proud. At 10 cents per pound this one shipment is worth $132, 900. Nothing slow about Clifton and Morenci!
 C. P. Rosecrans, general manager of the Standard Copper mines, found time to visit town this week, and imparted the information to an Era representa- tive that one hundred and twenty-five tons of ore were shipped from the mines last week to the A. C. company for treatment and on September l fcrty- five tons more were shipped. The ore averages a little over 20 per cent as it comes from the mine, and is shipped without asserting. A contract has been let to sink the incline shaft, and the work will be pushed as rapidly as pos sible. It is the intention of the man. agement to make the incline shaft the main working shaft of the property. A crOsscut is being run from the bot tom of the winze to cut the lead which will be reached in about thirty feet, which is 160 feet from the surface, thus affordinG ample stoping ground. The Standard mines are not only looking well" but they are doing well, having net returns for ore shipped this year of about S15,OOO.
 Fl. C. Dauntless. who manipulates the Longfellow incline. spent day in town this week. He informs the Era that the -three-ton. cars on the incline will soon give place to six-ton cars. which are now ia use on the baby gague be- tween Longfellow and Metcalf. The baby gague, which has for so many years conveyed the ores from the mines at Metcalf to the smelters at Clifton, will in few weeks give place to the narrow gague, which has been under construction for the last year or more. This new gague road will greatly fla cilitate as well as cheapen the trans portation of the ores frcrI the mines to the smelters.
 v. I Duncan spent yesterday in Clifton These gentlemen are interested In q new strike made at Poverty Flats which runs IS ounces in gold. 55 ouncea in silver and per cent copper. They are developing the property and will soon have shipment of ore ready for the market The only trouble with the property is that the pay streak is very narrow. but is expected to widen out as depth is obtained. It would not take much of that class of ore to satisfy most men.
 E,lgin Holt of Pleasanton, N. M, who recently disposed of his cattle business. is spending a few days in Clifton. He expects to soon leave for Sonora to visit his brothers estate. His brother was the discoverer of those wonderfully ricn mines now owned by the Yaqui Gold company, which is under the manage ment of w. c. Greene of Cananea fame. The mines are said to surpass in rich ness those of Cananea and will soon be reached by a railroad.
 r. F. Crowley who recently made a strike of rich ore on the Antetam, near Metcalf. was In town Monday and r'- ports that he now has pack train of fifty burros carrying ore from his mine to the Metcalf incline. In two shifts two men took out fifteen tons of ore which will average 2S per cent copper SS gold and $7 in silver. MT. Crowley will push the development work as fast as possible. The ore is being shipped to the A. c. company for treatment.
 A cave-in occurred at the A. c. rail- road tunnel leading from Morenci t6 the concentrating plants of the A. . and D. C. companies Sunday last which was of quite an extensive nature No one was hurt but a train of orr cars was put out of business. Traffl' through the tunnel was shut off fol three days