Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-12

banks of which the plant is situated Clifton has experienced three distinct and separate floods during the past three months. each one compelling a shut down of the smelter and con- centrating plants. The trouble and delay caused on account of high wa ter will undoubtedly show a falling off in production for this company during the early part of 1905. and puts the Arizona Copper Company up against a serious prOblem-that of car ing for the flood waters of the San Francisco river and Chase creek The Clifton mines are the oldest copper producers in the Territory They were producers long before the ad- vent of the railroad the old Longfel- low mine now one of the best produC- CTS in the group having been work ed as early as 1872. and the product hauled between seven and eight hun dred miles 10 the nearest railroad sta . ton. Since these days the mines nave fallen into the hands of a Scotch Syndicate and are now ranked as one of the most important copper pro ! ducers of the Southwest The build ing of concentrators above the works in Chase creek. both by the Arizona I Copper Co. and the Detroit Copper Co.,. has filled the creek with the un- desirable tailings and each succeed ! ing freshet from that source is follow ! cd by damages to the town and to the 1 plant of the company.
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 Jos. K. Saint. of Saint & Henry, fiscal agents for the Globe & Arizona Development Co.,. has been in Bisbee this week. placing some of the stock of the company Mir. Saint presents a good proposition. with a splendid home endorsement The Globe Silver Belt speaks very highly of the propo stion
 The old Dominion at Globe produc "a something like 90Q tons of blister copper during February. which speaks well for short month and consider ng the fact that the smelter was shut down during this time for ten hours. The Mining World prints this story which illustrates the fallibility of sue cessful mining men: Senator Clark who is perhaps the wealthiest individ- ual mine owner in the United States had development option on some claims near the Copper Queen. in the Bisbee district. some years ago. His manager sunk a shaft 400 feet and coming on considerable water the work was abandoned and the option thrown up. Recent developments have shown that the shaft was within 60 feet of bed of copper ore, and that instead of abandoning the develop ment when striking water it should have been continued, for the finding of water is a fairly certain indication of the proximity of ore in that dis trict It is likewise said that the United Verde mine at Jerome was twice condemned by a leading cop per expert before Senator Clark took it up. Many other instances of this kind might be told. all pointing to the fact that no mans judgment is infal- lible in the matters of mining, and demonstrating that all the mines have ( not yet been found. even in districts long developed and extensively pros pected.'
 Z. .- 2. And suppOsing Arizona does take the place of Michigan in copper pro- { duction. Michigan capital is largely interested in Arizona That helps when the dividends come in.-Michi- san Mining Gazette.
 z. I. s- 4 correspondent of the Mining and Engineering Review states that al though recently published lists of Ari- zona s dividend paying mines place the United Verde at Jerome, fifth. in reality it heads the list. Up to the present time it has paid total of sl6, S60322. and fer the year 1904 alone paid out in dividends s1S00000. The Silver City Enterprise in Q re- cent issue says Work was started this week by the Phelps-Dodge com pany on the Hanover mine, in the Hanover mining district. The Phelps Dodge company acquired this proper v several years ago, but have not been working it for some time past. They are now preparing to put on as large force of men as the mine will stand. and will commence shipping he ore to their Douglas smelter.'
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 Whatever the quiet in Bonanza Cir cle stocks may be due to. il is certain y not because of any backward move ment at the properties themselves. They are all going forward with steadily improving ground. Not one of them that is not steadily bettering itself.
 The strike in the P & D. drift 10 1he Cole shaft has demonstrated the presence of a considerable body Of ore in all probability The drift is being run regardless of ore. however. 10 make an important connection from the standpoint of economic operation. However. the more ore that comes in on the side the better. No one is soing to find fault about the addition of ore values to the economic gains hat are figured on in the making of Il 1~=f