Bisbee daily review., 1905-10-12
At Morenei.


 Leaving the narrOw-gauge railroad which carries ore from Morenci and
 Metcalf to the Clifton smelters, the visiting congressman and their es- cOrts ascended the gravity incline more than 2000 feet, and then took
 an improvised train over the ore tracks through the tunnel to the city of Morenci certainly the most pictur- esQue as well as modern mining camp to be found anywhere in the mineral country. Here the Detroit Copper Company employs about 1000 men in the mines and reduction works Io- renci has one peculiarity as a mining town, and that is the fact that there is not a saloon in the place The Ari- zona Copper Company and the Detroit Copper Company both have large stores in Morenci. but they only sell whisky by the bottle The store of the Detroit Copper Company. under the management of H. s. Van GOrder. was revelation to all who had never seen it before There is nothing to excel it in Arizona or in the west for elegant finish and arrangement It employs about fifty men. The store of the Arizona Copper Company is not quite so large but it is up-tO-date in every arrangement and is under the management of Mir Nonomaker, who has been with the company for more than a dozen years
 Two years ago Morenci suffered a serious backset on account of a strike of the Mexican and Italian miners. led by an agitator named Lastenan, who was sent to the penitentiary. along with seven other leaders in the trouble. For a long time Morenci had trouble in securing men because of the fear that the trouble was not finally settled. Laboring men gener- ally are inclined to keep away from a camp where the are prospects of la bor troubles. But conditions today in Morenci are excellent and there is no | sign of discontent in any quarter
 One of the handsOmest school build | ings in the Territory is in Morenci. | and was built by the mining company. l The Morenci Hotel cannot be eXcelled. | II is of a MOOrish pattern and every room is furnished regardless of C. pense. The dining room will com i pare with any to be found in any city. | me Detroit Copper Company has . erected here a gymnasium or club house for the use of employees which . was sufficient to call forth from every of the congressional party the highest praise for a company l which has been so thoughtful of the welfare and comfort of its employees |
 At Morenci the Arizona Copper Company has begun the work of blasting out the foundation for an. other concentrating mill, which will have a capacity of 700 tons daily. This company has already three con- centrating mills in operation. All the ore in the Clifton -Morenci district is of so low a grade that it cannot be smelted without first being Superintendent Veitch stated today that his company was now mining ore at the rate of 2000 tons per day. It is producing copper at a rate second only to the Copper Queen at Douglas.
 The Detroit Copper Company is also at work on a new concentrating mill, which will practically double the out put of the company. The original con centrating plant of this company con- sisted of two mills built side by side One of the old mills has been doubled in size, while the other continued at work. The new one will be ready to start in few days, when the work of the other old one will start at once. It is expected that the com pleted new concentrator will be in operation about the first of the year.