The copper era., 1904-06-30
4 Fake Interview.

nde- box-car headlines the Inter- national American of Douglas states that the "Companies May Remove their Reduction Works if the Farm CTS Make Trouble About Tailings y The arti cle i- T. follows;
 C. E. Mills, superintendent Of the
 Detroit Copper company, at Morenci,
 wa. an F. r & :. W. passenger last
 week for Fl p,so Regarding the ex-
 tensive litigation threatened by the
 farmers of the Gila valley to prevent
 his company, the Arizona Copper com-
 pany, and the Shannon company from emptying taililgs into the river. MT.
 Mills wa5 reticent about expressing opinion, but stated that he felt tha,
 the matter would adjGst itself satis-
 factorily. The trouble has been under
 discussion for several years and expert
 op:nion is divided as to whether the
 tailings complained of do or do not do
 the harm alleged by the farmers. A
 few weeks ago a number ol the farm
 CTS got together and instructed the employment Of counsel and the begin
 ring of suit against the companies. As previously told in the American, a good many of the farmers of the val ley dissent from his action. This dis
 sent has been decidedly augmented in the last several days by a story that has gained circulation to the effect that the companies have under advise ment plans for the removal Of the re- duction works complained of to point distant from the Gila river and en- tirely out of the territory which the farms of the valley might feed.
 For some years the farming section 2 Af xx,+ i ing camp have enjoyed prosperity all most sotefy through operation ot the extensive reduction works of the camp. Removal, or eurtailrient df the work of these plants would be a severe ! blow to the farmers. In the past years the opinion has several times been advanced that the cOmpanie
 could better coifiCe theDiselyes to the
 removal of ore from Clifton Morenci
 camp than go to the large expense some Of them would have to entail to do away with tailings in the river as
 demanded by the farmers. As all fuel and reduction supplies are hauled into 1 the camp, it is apparent that it would
 be about as cheap, If net cheaper, Tor ! the conpanles to haul their ores out side for treatment Tn an interview i with an American representative thl5 | week, SuDerln lenOenU bonule, Oi tue shannon, while not positively taking
 this ground intinated very strong y 1 his belief that some such course would i De adopted in ;he event the farmers crowd their proposition.
 A significant fact in connection with
 the above is the rumOr in Douglas that
 the Copper Queen shelter here Is soon to be enlarged 60 double it's present size. The Detroit Copper company's ore could probably he smelted here as cheap, if not cheaper than in MOrenci.
 Nr Benuie, general u,anaser df the Stanuoli, denies that he at any time
 had an Interview with a represent ta- tive of the American, and furter states
 that his company has at no time con- sidered the advisablity of removing their plant from it, present location. In fact for months past his company has been working out plans to handle all their taiiinss, and within month their work will be completed, and they
 will no longer dump their tailings into
 the river. The Arizona Copper con-
 pany are now handling the greater
 portion of their tailings, and expect
 to soon control nearly all cf thsu.
 Mr, Mills expressed the situation ex- acLlv when he said that the matter
 would adjust itselF;y-th hiictt it most probab will in q short tldle.