Bisbee daily review., 1903-07-22
A WONDERFUL OUTPUT
A. w. CLIFFORD ESTIMATES THE
 PRODUCTION OF DISTRICT.

He Also Gives Expression to Some Good Advice regarding sales.
 A. W. Clifford, secretary of the h. ternational Miners association with headquarters at Fl Paso, Texas, af- ter spending ten days in this camp, gathering statistics says:
 "Of course you have good camp. One of the best in the southwest, and if properly handled could be put into a condition within few years contin- uous prosperity for many years.
 Prom what information I have been able to gather I would say that your camp has produced since its dis covery about four million tons of crude ore. which has yielded about four hundred million jounds of cop per. proving your camp to be per cent copper camp. as whole. This is the proc fof the pudding"
 You ask me for an opinion. I am not an expert, geologist nor mineral ogist, therefore my opinion would only be a guess. Still you are welcome to 1t.
 am glad to see Michigan people taking hold of your camp in the man ner that they are; with the develop ment money up to sink double com partment shafts to depth of 1000 to 1500 feet. This is practical mining.
 If one or more of these Michigan and Pennsylvania companies prove up big ore bodies within the next two years, it means continuous prosperity for your camp on an enlarged scale; otherwise it means continuance Of present conditions until your present proven ore bodies are worked out. wish every company sinking good luck to encounter big ore bodies, for this helps to prove up. and enlist more capital into legitimate mining.
 Owners of claims and mines who are not able. or inclined to develop are liable to make the mistake in get ting too high in the air with their prices that they cant belaratted and brought back to earth. by the goose standing ready to lay the gold en egg. When the would be investor begins to reason and wonder why he should pay the holder of unimproyed ground for the privilege ofg spending one hundred thousand dollars to find out whether it has the making of q mine you are liable to lose him, as he will ask for camps offering more lib- eral terms.
 "Your camp and conditions are fortunate Instead of you begging and pleading for capital, it is coming to you unsolicited begging to get in. So it behooves you to be careful and not drive it away by big prices. short options and big cash payments. Give the woul be investor any price and terms necessary to induce him to spending his money in proving up undeveloped property-for if you lose the opportunity your ground may be open for lead pencil assessment ten or twenty years hence. Undeveloped ground does not produce Mexican strawberries and bacon-the necessi- ties of life, and you will soon tire of holding it. when the investor passes you by. For years it has been con- ceded that the Copper Queen held all of the possible workable ground in the camp. and when the Calumet & Ari- zona mustered up courage to test out side ground 1t was a long shot and a big gamble. Their successful encount tering of extended ore bodies has at tracted the attention of the mining investment world, who are always ready to follow success, and this is the cause of your present reassuring form. May it cintinue to grow until 1t makes every man in Bisbee a mil fonaire is my wish.
 ''It is very difficult for the stranger to get reliable information. Youl people should take advantage of youl present condition by organizing a To cal commercial or business mans club. Any sort of club that would cover the expense of gathering. print ing and circulating such valuable sta tistical information as will cover the questions asked by the visitor an, would-be investor.
 This is exclusively mining camp and the daily, monthly, annual anC total output of ore and copper b. mines, companies and the camp. is iii formation that should be known b! every school child over twelve year. of age. as well as every citizen. anC it would be difficult to find one citizei that could give this information now Such information, carefully prepares and issued in pamphlet form. would b. used by all visiting strangers in writ ing back to eastern and northerl friends, and be productive of good lasting benefits. The Internationa Miners association could circulat thousands of such pamphlets, aDt would do so if supplied with them b! your camp"