Bisbee daily review., 1904-04-17
Duncan Coal Fields
 ARE ATTRACTING
 Much Attention
PARTIES LEAVE CLIFTON AND MoRENci FOR THE NEW
 DISCOVERY.
Experts Who Have Seen the New Dis covery State That the Coal Near the Surface Rivals That Found In the Morenci District.
Cooper Era.)

It would seem that this particular section of the southwest is now about to enjoy an era of rapid development
 which is usually characterized as a boom"
 One good thing follows another in such rapid succession as to be posi- lively bewxsdering. Hardly had the people begun to realize that coal had been found at Morenci, when another ccal strike, which is said to be even of greater importance than the first, is reported from Duncan. and the excite ment attending it's announcement was something like a report of the dis covery of the Adams diggins in early lays
 If there is any one thing lacking to make the Clifton MoreGci GiEtr:nt the greatest camp on the face of the earth. it can be expressed in four letters COAL, and now that an assurance of this important factor in the up-builC- ing and development of the district is doubly assured, all of the people are congratulating themselves. Those who
 were fortunate enough to get loca- lions in the new coal fields are especi- ally jubilant, because they will reap direct as well as an indirect benefit from the discovery.
 The first known of the strike in Clifton was on Saturday morning last when Wm. Spaw came in and reported that he had secured eight claims of 1e0 acres each, for himself and friends which include several Clifton people. He reported that the discovery was made by Sheriff Jim Parks and Gus Hobbs, of Morenci, who located a 1 number of claims for themselves and friends at Morenci.
 On Saturday arrangements were made in Clifton to send Lamar CobD into the field to survey the claims and if possible to secure other locations On the same day large party of Mo
 renci people left that camp on horse
 back for the new fields, and put in Sunday locating claims.
 It is said by those who have been
 4t the new fields that in surface inGi- cations they far surpass those at Morenci. These felcs were discovered ibout ten years ago by a couble cf ! prospectors who were golj-hunting : They knew kothing of coal and as ! ohey were limited in their resources | they socn abandoned their property and left for parts unknown. At the i time they brought specimens of the l coal into Duncan, but they made no effort to interest others in their find, and soon after their departure the mat
 ter was forgotten. In fact at that time 1 the great importance of coal mine tc | the district was not fully realized
 perhaps also accounted for the lack oi 1 interest shown.
 The discovery was made near RiieI ! Springs in Grant county, New Mexico | about fifteen miles east from Duncan and a few miles east of Steeple Rock
 well known land mark of that sec
 ton The original 6iscoverers sunk
 shaft 30 feet deep. which, it is said
 is all in ooal. It is said that chunks
 of coal weighing hundreds of pounds
 are lying around on the ground. Int
 coal is said to contain considerable
 sulphur and burns readily in cam fire.
 If the strike is of half as much i'm portance as it is believed to be. ther' is no doubt that it will be developed a
 once. and that a railroad will be bull from Duncan to the new fields befor l he ic