Bisbee daily review., 1905-09-27
BBIEF MINING RESUME
 IN THE CLIFTON DISTRICT
4 NUMBER OF OPTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN NEAR METCALF.
|. N. Stevens Returns Home From Bis bee and Speaks in Glowing Terms of Warren District-Col. Durham Ar riVes With an Expert.

Superintendent Stevens, of the Chase Creek company, reports the work progressing favorably, and with most encouraging results.
 s. Hochschild and A F. Edelbohl students of the Columbia University are spending a few weeks in this dis trict, Investigating practical mining. They are taking the mining course at the university.
 Reports from the Cuprite camp are of a most encouraging nature. Much high grade ore, including glance. is being taken out in development work, which is most encouraging to a new company.
 A number of options have recently been taken on mining claims situated near Metcalf. It is thought by some that the Detroit company are behind these options, and if so the chances are that a considerable amount of de- velopment work will soon be done in that section.
 Manager Sweeting, of the Polaris company. informs the Era that he now has force of twenty men en- gagged in the development of the prop eTty, which will be increased as de mand occasions. The Poiaris, after a struggle of several years is now in financial position to exploit it's prop critics as rapidly as men and means can do it.
 I. N. Stevens, who recently return ed from a trip to Bisbee, reports that section as very lively in a mining way. He says the way they spend money in that district in the develop ment of property is a surprise even to mining men. The first thing n development work in that section is an expensive hoisting plant, and when that is in place it is necessary to sink one thousand feet before they even have a prospect for ore. Many of the hoisting plants cost more money than some of the new companies have spent in this section.
 F. J. Niccolls, a well known mining man Of this district, returned last week from the Mayflower district, where he spent several days under the guidance of George Phillips, in looking over the district. MT. Mic coils was greatly surprised at the wonderful surface showings of that | section. He returned with a large l collection of native copper which he picked up from the ground, and which was scattered over the surface for a square mile. Where they came from or how they got there he does not pre tend to say. But they are there just the same, and can be gathered by | rnr raly he Fr hunt them. The most remarkable thing about the district in bis opinion is the fact that it has been allowed to lay so long in an undeveloped state | considering the remarkable surface showing. MT. Niccollls is of the opinion that capitalists are making a mistake by not developing the dis trct.
 | Col. L. A. Durham, a prominent mining man of New York City. and Col. W. A. Parish, a noted mining | expert, arrived in Clifton last night and will spend some time here MT Parish recently spent some weeks iI ! the district investigating certain min | ing properties at Metcalf, and the
 fact that he has returned, accompa ! ned by MT. Durham, encourages the
 belief that his report has been favora
 ble to the property. It is known that 4 Colonel Durham is now associated witf some of the strongest capitalists iT
 the east, and if he decides to agaiI enter the district, It will be with am pie capital to make a success of his undertakings. MT. Durham spent ,l nearIy yHhree years in this district he ing inV charge of the Clifton Copper
 company before it was consolidated
 with the New England company. Hi:
 many friends will give him a hearty
 greeting on his return to the district