Arizona silver belt., 1906-03-15
CLIFTON GLEANlNGS
Mining and News Items. from the
 Copper Era

Captan llDDy, WnO le1t Cn1t0n last week for a tour of Mexico, was touch ed at the new union depot in Fl Paso for his roll, which amounted to $4OO. The captain got jammed in crowd as he was getting on the train and after taking his seat in the car he discovered that his purse had been taken from his inside coat pocket.
 It is expected that the case of the Clifton orphans will be tried before the supreme court of the United States in Washington, D. C.. about the middle of the month. The foster parents of Clifton are resting easy over the prob able result of the case, as they are satisfied that the findings of the su- preme court of Arizona will be con- | firmed.
 | Jack Sidebotham has the contract to raise the A. & N. M. depot and freight building four feet higher, which will put them above any probable floods of the future. The depot building will be showed back eight feet, which will give more room for passengers on the platform. The freight building will be extended twenty feet, giving room to accommodate local freight business.
 Mrs. Simpson, the mother of Mrs. Reardon and Thomas Simpson, arrived this week from California on a visit to her children. She was met at Lords burg by her granddaughter, Miss Irene Reardon
 l Fifteen carloads of ore were shipped last month from the Standard mines and three of them were high grade. From present indications the shipments this month will be heavier than last month, and the mine is looking, better than at any time during the past two years.
 Chas. Allen is now packing his ore from the mine to the Coronado rail road, and will soon have 50 tons of 8 ounce gold ore ready for shipment. This shipment will be worth between $8, 900 and $10, 900, as some of it will go much better than ounces. This is the first shipment of gold ore made from this section in several years, and marks new era in the development of the mineral resources of the district.
 The Morenci Leader is authority for the statement that the engineering corps of the D. c. company has finished its work of laying out line from the Morenci Southern, near the pumping plant of the Frisco river, to the Shan non shelter at Clifton, and that the construction work on the line will soon be commenced and pushed rapidly to completion. This line, as the Era pre- dicted last week, will be used to con vey the ore from the D. c. company's mines at Metcalf to Morenci without transferring at Clifton and Guthrie, as is now necessary. It is also probable that the D. c. company will have its own road in operation to its Metcalf
  mines within reasonably short time.
 On Saturday afternoon last Mrs. A. G. Smith gave reception at her beau- tiful home on Hills addition, compli- mentary to Mrs. Arthur Goodell and Miss Vaughn, of Silver City. The re- ception was held between the hours of 3 and 6 p. m. and was attended by about seventy ladies residing in Clifton, Morenci and Metcalf. The spacious parlors were decorated with ever greens, potted plants and cut flowers. The house was darkened, but ilumi- mated by incandescent colored lights that cast soft radiance over the hand some gowns and beautiful faces of those present. Dainty refreshments were served, after which the gracious hostess and her charming guests were bidden a pleasant good day.
 Gunther's Candies. The Postoffice Store just received large stock of Fresh Candy. All kinds of the best Candies.
 First class furnished rooms for tran sients at the Cactus. Broad street near foot bridge.