The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-04

up and equipped within the appropri- ation. It cost between one and two hundred thousand dollars and was completed with money to spare. In general this town retains it's unique and ancient appearance. Adobe build ings, narrow streets and lanes and all ! together an air of long forgotten Spanish character prevails, one that it's residents will do we'll to preserve. Had joint statehood come about, as was proposed at one time, Santa Fe would have been the capital of the great State, and hundreds of miles away from some of its principal cities. ] Albuquerque, the metropolis of New Mexico, with it's ten thousand popula- tion and it's grand Harvey station, caught the attention of the visitors for a few hours, during which statehood and anti-statehood was discussed pro and con, interspersed with carriage rides giving opportunities to view the sights and industries of the busy town. Three lines of the great Atchison sys- tenn converge at this point, and the AL varado, a new, handsome railroad sta- ton, conducted by Fred Harvey, forms one of it's great attractions. Swarms of travellers leave the train here to look over the fine collection of Indian blankets, baskets, curious Mexican goods and relics of rare description that are displayed and on sale at this great mart, for such it is for this line ! of goods. Navajo, Mohi, Apache and the wares of other tribes are made and on sale at this station, lucrative and very extensive business being carried on. The town is a live commercial center and has all the improvements of an eastern city, with an atmosphere almost wholly devoid of humidity.
 SOME GOOD. MEN.
 Up to this point the party has been accompanied by MT. Lathrop, the gen. eral solicitor for the Atchison compa- ny. No more courteous or entertain ing gentleman could be desired as a travelling companion. A graduate of Yale in '69, he still retains his love for his Alma Mater, and also his friend ship for many of New >Haven's resi- dents who were associated with him during his college days. The railroad NO444pct41y 1bI IhlletLC HI b0leSAt44i5 SlAG services of so able, thorough and com potent @ gentleman to fill one of it's most important offices. At Albuquer- que the party is joined by MT. Frank M. Murphy, under whose invitation it is travelling and becoming enlightened. Mir. Murphy has the faculty of making
 every one feel at ease and impresess those who have the good fortune to claim his acquaintance as being man of great sterling worth and character; l a man of great resources, ability and enterprise. To him, the citizens of Arizona will admit, is due the credit of developing the legitimate industries of ] the territory in a great measure, and to him the successful development and management of many great mining companies is due. No one to-day is more enthusiastic and believes more thoroughly in the great future develop ment of the territory, and. is doing more to bring it about than is he.
 TO AND AT THE COPPER MINES. From Albuquerque the journey is down across the great territory of New Mexico, through the Rio Grande val I6yy Iue; WdlGIS Ol WIlOHS IlNSE UdNG made fertile the plains, encouraged the growth of the cottonwoods and coaxed the red soil to yield great green fields of alfalfa and where herds of sheep and cattle roam in great numbers. Fl Paso, Texas, is given the slip in the night and the party does not interest itself with outside matters until Cliff ton, the seat of the Arizona Copper company, is reached. Here General Manager James Colquhoun and his able superintendent, Alex Veitch, took 1 the party in charge showed them ! through the great smelter, and gave them some figures on the importance of this mining district, the oldest in the territory, which was first worked back in the early seventies, and at which snelter was in operation as early as '73. Here the first knowl- edge of one of the great industries of the territory is brought to the atten- ton of the visitors and they begin to realize what & great smelting plant is To go into a laundry, to see great cau1drons of boiling soap and water is
 one thing, to see great caul- OL IOppCI WSlS ilIllE
 tons and tons and handled as easily and perfectly as though it was as light as soap suds, is another, and was an
 eye-opener.
 There are g. number of processes
 which the ore, as it is mined from it's beds, has to go through. Sorting, mix ing, concentrating, roasting, etc.,
 take place before it is shipped to the furnaces. Then it is dumped from the mining cars into the jaws of the fur naces roaring to receive it, and after sufficient time for smelting, the fur naces are tapped and the golden
 stream flows into receivers holding tons at time, and in them it is trans ported by massive cranes to the recep-
 tacles called converters, into which it
 is automatically poured. It is then subjected to a blowing process which
 brings it one more step towards puri- ty, and is finally drawn off into moulds
 about two by one and a half feet in
 size, and is the matt, so-called. In this
 shape it is something over 99 per cent. pure copper, and to gain the other one per cent. it is transported to a refinery,
 where it receives it's last toning up.
 The Arizona Copper company, which
 owns the big smelter and the mines some distance above in the Metcalf
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