Arizona republican., 1902-12-19
Mines and Minerals ef Arizona
CLIFTON AMI VICINITY
Latest News From Various Mines in
 That Section.

John Molder, superintendent of the Home Copper company, informs the Clifton Era that his company will very shortly increase it's capital stock from $500,000 to g., 800, 900. The company was originally formed for the purpose of developing copper claims, but When the decline came in the price of the red metal the company ceased work on Its copDer claims and commenced develop ing gold claims. of which it fortunate ly owned several. The development Work on the gold claims has been most satisfactory to the company. and from all reports it has a very large body Of goId ore which can be milled on the Syround at a good profit. The increased capitalization is for the purpose of / purchasing a group of adjoining gold claims, and for the purpose of erecting a large milling plant, which it is pro posed to erect on the ground. and pump the water up from the Eagle river. The company will arrange to put its stock on the Chicago market.
 A representative of the Era last week visited the camp of the Clifton Consoli- dated company, and was greatly sur prised at the vast amount of work ac- complished by the company during the past year. The company is opening one portion of its property by three tun- nels, says that paper, the lower one of which has now penetrated the noun tain to a depth of 1,700 feet, and the two upper tunnels 1000 feet each. Eiec- trical drills aIe being used, which Gen oral Manager Durham says are giving entire satisfaction. Diamond drills are poses, the power being conveyed from the plant at the camp to any point at which the drill is operated. The company is also doing a large amount of develop ment work on the Olivette, and other claims on the opposite side of the mountain from their main shaft. Mir. Dunham is we'll pleased with the re- suits so far obtained.
 Owing to the temporary closing down of the shannon smelter while the con centrating plant Is being erected, the Shannon camp is not as lively as it has been, still a good many men are em- pioyed in blocking out ore bodies in the mines. and in doing the annual la bor on all the claims. The Era repre- sentative was shown around the camp by William Watson, who is tempOrar-  fly in charge during the absence of Superintendent ClimO, who is recuper- ating his health in California. All Of the ore bins and stopes are full of good ore. Many substantial improvements have been made at the mines since tine last visit of the reporter. A very good twO-story boarding and rOoming house has been erected.
 While in the north end of the Green lee district last week, the representa- tive of the Era was shown several specimens which were full of wire gold and worth several dollars a pound. The ore came from the Laura D, owned OL Williams, Tevis, James. Dorsey and Greenlee. These specimens are nothing unusual from that section. Nearly all of the veins there.run well in gold, and it is the general belief of all mining men that some of the big gold mines Of the territory will be developed there one of these days.
 Henry Whitaker has just finished surveying eight claims for patent for Dick Lakenan and associates. The