Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-02

The low grade ore produced by the mines. at this particular moment. VT ught most important change i-. the mining history of Arizona. namely. in the establishing of a concentrating plant. which was the first of the kind in the district. and was immediately followed by a similar establishment for the Arizona Copper company at Cliff ton.
 1 Copper mining and production con tinued for the following dozen years with much success. and Morenci had growth came the bad man." at that claims to mining district of immense production, and naturally with this grawth came the bad man" at that time typical of the west in the early days of it's opening mining develop , ment. The "Alkali Ikes," and Bloody Gulch Bills" attracted by the produc- ing camp. and the ever extending pay roll of the company. sought locations in the canyon near the mines Saloon signs were soon numerous and prom | inent; gambling and the dance hall were in full blast, and the ''Ikes" and | "Bils enjoyed themselves to theI~ | hearts content. shooting out the lights l or giving the tenderfoot a vivid i'm pression of their ability as remarkable l shots. as with forty-fives they would unite the shoe faces on the aforesaid tenderfoot's feet, as the cartridge tore | off the knob of the shoe lace. The town was located immediately below the present handsome Club House. an l consisted of abbey" huis. and build
 ings made of tn cans, dry goods boxes. barrel slaves and any materials that could be nailed or plastered to- gether. In 1897 Mir Church. who had 50 per sistently established the place. and so vigorously proven the value of the dis 1 trict, after nearly a score of years strenuously spent in it's development. disposed of his interests. a majority of the stock of the company being held by him, to the Phelps-Dodge company i of New York. who from the beginning of reduction work in the early sos were interested, and in whose hands the title to the Detroit Copper Mining company still rests.
 Reference has but recently been made to the location and character of ! the town at this particular period. Morenci was called and known as the | wickedest camp in Arizona, and glo- i ried nthe name of 'Hell-town," when an enemy worse than men betin1 l the guns" swooped down upon this town of viciousness and corruption. and it rquired but three hours for this enemy to perform. what probably . all the United States troops in Ari- 1 zona at that time could not have ac- complished. The demon of fire broke out one evening about eleven o'clock.
 and in half an hour. all the "Alkali ! Ikes," "Scar-faced Bills" and other genial gentlemen with similarly impos- ing names were out of business.
 Fire had swept everything before it.
 gambling saloons. dance halls and places of prostitution were obliterated.
 Not a vestage remained of what hal been modern Sodom and Gomorrah.
 and with the destruction thereof came the company's opportunity.
 MT. c. F. Mills. who for years hal
 been in the service of the company
 in other sections of Arizona. had but
 short time previous to the fire, been placed in charge of the company s
 p-operty al Morenci as superintendent.
 which position he still holjs. and scarcely had the fire subsided. before
 Notices to Vaoate" were placed con
 sDicuous on the burned district, and hy
 daylight a gang Of lab0rers. were grad
 ing the old town site. and from that
 momenti commenced the construct ion
 of the new Morenci-the MoreDci Of the present day. with it's beautiful
 buildings and handsome appearance.
 DETROIT COPPER MINING co.
 Excepting the possible technical an.i