Arizona republican., 1904-02-11
CLIFTON AND VICINITY.
News Items From Graham County
 Mining Districts.

The following items are from the Copper Era.
 During January thirteen shipments were made by the Standard Copper mines which is by far the best record ever made. This increased tonnage was due to the new aerial tramway, which is now working perfectly. This additional tonnage is mined and ham dled without additional expense, in fact the doing away with the pack Lrain has materially decreased the cost. and when tke new hoisting plant is installed it is expected that the out put then will be largely increased and the expense lowered as it will do away with much of the tramming which is now quite an item of expense. The entire mine is now looking better than any time in it's history. All of the new workings are in good ore. The levels which are being driven almost directly for San Jose ground are in good ore, and while it is estimated by Manager Rosecrans that it will be sev- eral months yet before the San Jose will be reached by these workings there can be no doubt that the rich ore for which the Standard is famous will be found to extend through the entire San Jose property. The Era is informed that as soon as new hoisting plant is installed a system of development work will be commenced on two or three other leads cutting Standard ground which are we'll de- fined and have a surface showing equally as good as the vein upon which operations have heretofore been confined. One of these veins has been opened to a depth of sixty feet, eX- posing a pay streak from six to eight inches wide of rich oxide and glance ore. vein of high grade sulphide ore was also cut by a tunnel on the Standard mine, upon which it is likely that development work will be resum- ed before very long.
 Col Ben. Crawford agent for the Copper Center group, has let con- tract to Duke Await to sink a shaft to the depth of 100 feet. MT. Await has established a camp at the mines and has commenced work.
 Harry Westlake, superintendent of the SloloradO mining company was down from the camp this week and reports the work of driving the Gar net tunnel as progressing nicely. Two shifts are being run and about 2is lttl O1 SIOuIlQ DIOktl per udN.
 Poland and Nelson have moved their camp over onto the claims near the Frisco upon which they recently rais- ed money for development work. and are now busy driving a tunnel in on the lead. They are also having the claims surveyed and monumented.
 Manager Rosecrans of the Standard mines was down yesterday and says that a big strike of rich ore has been made in the lower north drift. The ore has developed to five feet of glance averaging more than 40 per cent cop per. MT. ROsecrans considers it the most important strike made in tho mine in many months.
 G. A. Tyler was up this week from the Mayfiower district, where himself and associates have commenced de- velopment on their new bonanZas. He reports that the property is opening up well The excitement over the discovery has died out and the boys are now getting down to steady work. which will soon make Q good showing.
 Some of the new tables in the addi- ton to the Shannon cOncentrator are now in operation and all of them will be running in a short time. which will double the capacity of the concentrat- ing plant, and enable the company to handle 250 tons of ore per day in ad- dition to the 500 tons which it has been smelting and concentrating for some time past. This will materially hl- crease the company's output or red metal at a slight additional cost for mining.
 It is we'll known that for several years past c side line" agreement has been in effect between the A. c. and