Bisbee daily review., 1903-03-28
SPECIAL EsPoNDENcE
 FROM CLIFTON DISTRICT

SPECIAL ESPONDENCE
 FROM CLIFTON DISTRICT.
 Clifton. Arizona March 25.-The ad- vance in the price of copper has al ready IT ade itse felt for good in Cliff ton. This is strictly a copper dis trict; there are, here and there, veins of gold and silver. and occasion ally a ripple or excitement is caused by the discovery of gold in the vicinity, but no mines have been found that yielded enough gold rock to hold the public attention for any considerable
 ength of time On the other hand, the copper mines have been constant producers for nearly thirty years, and, as in the Bisbee district, the copper industry here is yet in its infancy There is more copper now in sight in the Clifton district than was ever dreamed of by the pioneers of the camp.
 The machinery of the Arizona Cop per company here and of the Detroit Copper company at Morenci goes on | and on, as it has for years. Shelter | plant after shelter plant has been ! built to replace those worn out, and
 each time modern improvements have been added, until now both at Clifton and MOrenci the reduction works in clude every modern method for the | economical reduction of ore.
 What the old companies have ac- comp ished in Clifton and Morenci. new companies are getting ready to | Duplicate in the near future. There are half dozen companies now devel. oping groups Of copper claims in this
 district that will surely become i'm
 portant producers within the next twelve months.
 The Shannon Copper company have 1 just completed their new concentrat- ing mill of 300 tons capacity, and re sumed the smelting of ore today. This company had their sme'ter in opera tion last year. but found that the bulk of their ores required concentration l so smelting was discontinued until the cOncentTator just completed could be | erected. It is expected that the Shan lnor plant will now continue the reduc- tion of copper uninterrupted. This plant will be fed from the well-known shannon group of mines, and also from the Coronado group, which is now yielding abundance of very high grade cOper. The Shannon company and the Coronado company are both practically under the same manage ment-both hve been promoted and
 financed by the w. B. Thompson h. vestment company, of Boston, Massa- chusetts.
 The New England Copper company :. owner of the old Copper King prop critics, above Clifton. on the Frisco river. is continuing development; it had been expected that a reduction plant would be erected by this com paly during the present year, but re- gently it became known that the com pany has set aside S100 GOO for further development work. IL is stated that the New England has a magnificent showing, and stands Al as one of the most promising mining enterprises in this district.
 The Consolidated company also con tinues its development work; these mines are further up the Frisco river. and under the management of l.. H. Durham large force has been main tained for nearly two years. Thel mines are being thoroughly explored, and the results are such as to almost guarantee another large reduction plant for this district during the pres ent year or early next year
 The Standard Copper company. un- der the management of Char.es Rosen- cranz, has proved itself to be a verit- able hummer. These mines have paid l for all the development work so far. the ore taken out being sold to the | Arizona Copper company, and recently an initial dividend was declared and | paid to the stockholders.