Bisbee daily review., 1907-10-13
THE CLIFTON DISTRICT
Copper Era)

last week which gave a handsome as say. The contents were: Moisture, 3SI; vol. combustible matter. 3976; carbon, 52.41; ash, 4.02. The coal was an exceedingly good specimen and 1t Is reported that they have an im- mense body of it. In the future this coal field will be opened up for the benefit of the big companies. With railroad transportation that section can surpass any nearby coal district. Those interested in the enterprise will develop the filed and if their an tieipation is realized, it will be the biggest mining proposition in the country.
 Work is being continued with day and night shifts on the properties of the Clifton Gold and Copper company and it is reported that things are looking exceedingly well. The shaft on the Oregon has reached depth of thirty feet, at the bottom of which assays give handsome returns. The average grade of the ore is improy ing with depth and the management is of the opinion that the famous Long fellow lead extends across to the Ore gon. Everybody knows what the Long fellow mine has done continuously for about twenty-five years, and it is just as good today as 1t ever was. The company has twenty-five claims, GOV ering ground from the dairy to Moren- ci, all of which constitutes part of the famous mineral zone of the Clifton Morenci district The Santa Rita shaft is down nearly fifty feet, giving an excellent showing within a few steps of the railroad. The stock is being sold at fifty cents per share and the proceeds will be used for development work. ..a
 A New Silver Proposition.
 Bacon and Langerman this week commenced shipping some pretty good silver ore to the Shannon smelter, which is being used for converter lin ing. Reece Webster is now hauling about fifteen tons daily from the mines 10 the smelter and the grade of the ere is high enough to permit reas- enable profits for handling. The claims from which the ore is being taken were worked years ago. but the ore was lost and operations were suspend ed Bacon and Langerman have done quite a good deal of development work and prospects are now good for a substantial body of ore. The Camp bell brothers, whose claims are lO- cated this side of Morenci, adjoining the property of Bacon and Langerman, have recently made a gold strike, which. if located in Nevada, would attract the attention of the entire United States. But as it is, it only goes about 5000 to the ton and Cliff ton people are not paying any atten- ton to it. They are doing quite good deal of work on the property and prospects are exceedingly good for bonanza. Messrs. Campbell are not worrying about the future of their claims, as ore shipments will prepare them for all future development work. The property is located close to the wagon road and ore can be delivered to the railroad at Clifton at nominal cost
 The Shannon Going Some.
 The new 1O0O-ton furnace at the Shannon reduction works has been in operation the past week and is doing excellent work. So far it has not been run up to anything like its ac- tual capacity. for the reason 1t was thought advisable to get the furnace in good working order before running it at full blast. It is now turning out about forty tons of copper matte daily. A representative of the Era visited the plant this week and found teh furnace in perfect running order. Up on investigation it was learned that the new furnace has them all skinned in Arizona for size, and for conven- iTTTyC 0f f7VI44IS and | I1TTT7144 T45- z571 iS iE class by itself At present the company is operating one small fur mace in addition to the large one, and as soon as some repair work is done on the other small one, the three will be regularly operated. During recent delays the Shannon ore supply was al lowed to accumulate and it will re- quire considerable steady operation to catch up. The more ore on hand the better 1t will be and the greater the output.
 in looking over the smelter it was discovered that the matte is run di- rectly from the furnace into the iadle and then poured into the converter, thereby doing away with the reyerber- atory. The tailings storage room is gradually being increased and the lower wall has been added to until it has now gained considerable height. Upon a personal inspection 1t was learned that the water from the tank