The copper era., 1904-07-21
rHE CILFroN>MoRENC DISTRICT.

ThCr> i> No mining district within the limits Ut the Uni.c6 States and te~rItNrleS that has s moro promising outlook than that scope ot country cmeraccd within tho lnt,S ol the Con per Mountain, GC'cOl1o and Gold Mountain mining districts, ia Graham county, Aria, aN0 SNOwN aS tAS Clt, toN~MNrcOC( district,
 lN his AN00al r,,Nicw Ot tho Ameri, can C0ppoC trade, Nr, Horace !. Stevens, Oi OO0S hlNn, Mich, estimates the Qg>NtONtSNN O, this district ,Or tho COSW(NS NCSIC at 6l, ,OsO, N\A pounds of cNpper, a Iaily pC,NiNcp0G 0S S& to0S,
 COe carly history ot this district iS similar, lN mANv C,'SNNctS, to tho his, ,oSy Ot a majority W tho mining camps Ot tho wCS,crc states aud terCltoc)cS, Bandits, outlaws, laGiNNS oN the war path, aud, tNC a number ot yCarS, a Carclc>> aud CN(CaVaSSaN( maNSSUmeaC that (NC d ONNN, SaV0 NrNNmlSo lN CNlN> lNS tho vast C'ShNCINeS that aCe today NcSNS 0NVVlNNcd, rhcSe coNd0ioNS haVN r>,ac,lcI thV SVwth Nl tNe camp aud wilhhrld aud Oc)Aye} ,hr SncN,vey~ (NS and exploration N( the extensive m(NNVV( IcsNNSl(S watch have SiNct> N'cN pvNNVVN sN eNtSl ia (he district,
 CNV AClsNNa NNpVcV comlNaNv, tNe laCS,'>( NvNNSW,NC 0t cApsNcr lN this dis, NCtVt, Was, (N ttS SaVllNC history (>>S tN t>>Nl NN (NN VVVN (NCNSNOlI ~ (a(,NyN>, (NN lNaCESt value VI (S> stock, NNV VNONG >NSVN>S 1C>,pNtNS a> low aS >,,NVNtN~NVN VNNtS lN>V SNSyN>=aNd NN market al that Nrl,N\ nNC(NS lNIS thc VNNNNSON >(,NNN VI tNtS cNNNyaNy yN>ScNCd tNC VNNVyaON> r<ll('N ~ >SS NJ shaw A,N>t&t ctENNN>2NN tSmoS it's lowest VA(Ny> NNNCt> tNV SWtNNN>S " tNtS C,l,NlN,NN tNr tNe l>NSt tcA NV>S,v> NN> 1NmN0>OrA,S1 the lN>CMaNCNCy VI tue district, AS evil Sco,>N$ NN tNN value Vt iss holdings ttN,SN, NS w'>O aS by tNC NNtcN>(Vc 0yNs vN'ScCVO>S NlCC&,d out ,N tNe NNtCy> 4VNs,lSd wNr&(NS> W (tS 0(ocS>
 Tho oEtyNO CnpN>C CN,osN,NS sud tho shannon CNN(NAN CNVNlNSNS S$N> aud have N,,ee mSSiNS C0plNc~ t0 tNc tGll cAg,Aci,y ot tNcjr plants, and tho thr>>,e CoNlNaN(e> arN VNN0SOMlnN OrNe at the rate 0t thC>e tAoNSSad to thyN>e tho0S, aud 6re hundred toos p>r 1Sy, aud they have aa estimated supply ot many N'esssS oge (o siSht at it's pceSent rate ot ccoSemnslon>
 Chere Sre many other miniaS com, rSSClCS here, all comparatively new iH the field, aud they arc 6aily demon. stratioS the tSct that the older cOm> pAnjSS have not succeeded lu obtaininc all the valuable mineral ground in the district, fOC some of these new com pSnjCS are showing svidence that they have just SS large, and in some cases rlche~ ore Ss0Ic>, than auS So far un> covered ev the older companies, Then, 9s d further evidence that the older companies have overlooked some SN0d things, coal has recently been discovered within less than three miles os the town ot Morenci, and at the present writing, this discovery gives evidence ot oeiuS one ot the greatest resources tor the future
 \ vast pine forest, cue of the most extensive ,u the west, lays oaly eighty miles to the north of Clifton, Aud while aS vet the only means ot trans pOrtation is hv wagon haul, the out look for railroad from the norta. and pSSSicS directly through this tim- Nered country, into Clifton, iS beyond promise, The vast coal fields ot Durango. Colo. as well as those in and about Gallup, x, N., and ta the south- west of the latter deposits. together with the tlmees belt mentioned. has already attracted the attention of caoitaliStS and railroad builders, and the north sni south railroad projected from nGrsnSo, Colo. will pass directly through this extensive timber belt o1 its way to Clifton and connection with the east and west roadS passing through the southern part of the terri tory. This north and socth rad has been soFreysa saa lcessse, sai