Arizona republican., 1904-03-18
IN THE RENcI-CLlFTON DIS-
 TRICT.

The following budget of mining news is taken from the Morenci- Clifton Standard:
 An erection crew arrived Wednesday night from the east to put up the new power house building for the D. C. The work commenced Thursday morn- ing and is going ahead rapidly. All the materials for the plant are now on the ground.
 A large force of mechanics at the D. c. concentrator have their hands full with placing big new engines | lately received for the plant. The work is going ahead rapidly without interference with steady operation of ! the concentrator.
 A. C. concentrator folks have been putting brilliant shine on things re- gently over about the Longfellow. They ' expect to have the most brilliant look ing outfit in the group when the visit | ing directors of the company get around to take a look over things. The new power line of the A. C.. from the concentrator to the Hum boldt makes another string of attrac- tive poles from the other side of the town. The various lines converging near the mouth of the tunnel gives things a metropolitan look over that way.
 A force of men has been at work this week tearing out the projecting walls at the further end of the Monte zuma tunnel. The work will greatly increase the safety of the tunnel. It was from the overhanging wall that the slip of last week occurred, which was for a time thought to have buried a couple of men.
 The approaching visit of directors of the A. c. Co. is to be largely for the purpose of a full discussion of the Frisco river tailing proposition. The situation will undoubtedly be gone over thoroughly and the merits of the several plans proposed for abating the trouble given full consideration. It is generally believed that before the officials leave decision will be made as to the best means for trial and con- Struction work ordered commenced at once on the line of whichever plan may be adopted. It is probable that this plan will be the one calling for hoists from the river and subsequent hauling of the tailings recovered to the old workings of the company That the latter has been anxious for a long time to do away with the tailings in the river and relieve the farmers of the valley from the injury. real or inn aginary as the case may be, believed by them to be inflicted upon their land from the foreign matter from the mines in their irrigating water, is well known. The only thing that has pre- vented the company from remedying the alleged evil in full up to this time "a Ia cly of foo
 The West Yankie shaft has now been lowered to the level of the tun- nel being driven from the old Yankie to connect the workings of the two mines The West Yankie shaft will be dropped 50 feet lower at once to make room for the ore chutes on com pletlon of the tunnel. New machine drills are now being used in the latter and the work crowding right along It will be a couple of months, however, before finished. All the ores of both mines will then be brought up by the West Yankie hoist.
 Chase Creek Copper Go. tunnel con- tinues in the big ore body struck two weeks ago. Those in charge of the work are enthusiastic over the way things are showing up. That the com pany will eventually have as big a mine as there is in the camp is the sanguine opinion of all acquainted with the property.
 The outlook in the camp was never so good at at the present time. Ex- tensive development work is going ahead on all sides. Results being met with in every case are of character highly encouraging. Without excep- tion, those in touch with the mining industry of the section are jubilant and confident of the future. Every thing points to the biggest year in the history of the camp in every way.
 A strike on the Coronado railroad was nipped in the bud last week with ! creditable promptness. The Mexican brakeman employed had everything fixed for walk-out when the railroad