The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1903-06-11
DUNCAN DoINGS.

Mr.. Hinkley, OF Clear Lake, New
Mexico, was in town a few days age
and took the train for Silver City.
Mr. Huxley is interested ia some very
fine mining property az Clear Lake.
The group being known a. the Bank
Group OF Mines, consisting OF nine
claims, free-milling ore in gold and
silver. This property is owned and
controlled by what is known a the II.
II. II. Co., Hinkley, Horselman Il
Harland. Mr.. Harland is a railroad
man or rather a general contractor
his headquarters being Deming and
Silver, and we are informed indirectly,
that the property has been bonded TO
an eastern company price not known,
and that the company intends doing
considerable developing work after
September lst, the property being tied
up in some way until August LIST.
This property has a ten stamp mill
in good running order all ready on the
ground. together with several outside
buildings and between 400 and 800
cords OF wood and plenty Of water Tor
! mining purposes. The main shaft is
down 10 the l00-foot level with about
| 100 feet Of drifts showing good ore all
along and 1t il hoped that the new
company will succeed in making
| paying mine out of it. 1t will be the
making OF the country generally, as
it has had black eye now for some
time, caused for want OF promoters,
not by knockers.
If prospects could be made paying
mines years ago by Lesinsky, when
the nearest railroad was in central
Kansas and the nearest supply point
being Silver City, why is it that there
is not more paying mines opened up
at this present day? For want of
promOters-that's why-there ; no
need OF capitalist going out Of their
own country to buy mining property
and hundreds of miles from railroads
paying hundreds of thousands of dol
lars for undeyelOped properties, when
they could get in this country, les
pecially the MayfOwer district) for
few thousand dollars, as good and
perhaps better prospects, with the
present advantages OF railroads and
supply points they could be made pay
ing mines. Promoters, men with
money, no Indians to fight like in
olden times, il there should be your
writer being somewhat of an Indian
fighter himself will take he contract
to keep them off and as to the knock
ers we will look after them also.
What we want is men with money to
knock the bottom out, open up some
big paying mines, now laying idle in
the MayflOwer, for want OF capital to
make them what they should be, and
if Mr.. Lesinsky will visit US, we will
show him great boulders of copper
ore lying on the surface. GOu don't
haye to go to Longfellow to find that
plenty OF it in the Mayfower, nuggets
of native copper laying loose-on the
ground that will weigh nearly a pound.
So the keystone" is not the only
mine that has native copper on it.
If Captain Arbuckle will come to the
Mayfl we will show him native
copper, and if Mr.. Burke will come we
will show him another foot of rich
glance ore also in the MlyhOwer,
which goes to show that he's not the
only one that has glance ore, the only
difference is that Mr.. Burke's prop
erty is near Clifton and ours in the
Mayflower. Don't you see? But look |
OUT We are coming! The times |
not far off when this district will be
opened up.
There is strong talk of the Old Car |
lille mines starting up soon, it having |
been shut down now for about four /
years, for what cause we don't know,
as it is considered very rich in both |
gold and silver, though We suppose it
was on account OF silver being so low.
This property is only sixteen miles
northeast of Duncan and is owned by
rich company, who have done consid-
cradle developing work and also have
all the property patented, consisting
of about five or six different groups.
All the stockmen are busy on the
gathering their fat steers and
branding calves. The scarcity of
water being the great drawback.
Dow Dunagan and 7. O. Phillips
have taken run down to Douglas.
They went by way of private convey
ance. Mr.. Dunagan expects to sell his.
fine span of horses while there and
return by railroad. Mr.. Phillips
expects to remain there some time.
Joe Billingsley went with Ed Powell
to FL Paso to see if he was properly
cared for Joe's wholesale fellow
anyway.
Mark Smith is to be at Duncan on
the Fourth and make the people
talk and present the democratic party
with the Silk Banner on the result OF
the last general election. Every body
is requested to come. There will be
plenty to eat and cold drinks OF all
kinds, and the champion ball game OF
the season between Clifton and Mo
renci. Everybody come and bring
their familids.
Mrs. Geo. Carlton has been selected 4;
Is teacher for the Duncan schoc. next
term, commencing in September.