The copper era., 1908-03-05
MINING NOTES
Pertaining to CIifton-MOrenci Dis
triCt and Surrounding Camps.

trict and Surrounding Camps.
c. o. Billingsley, one of the shift
bosses at the A. C. smelter, visited
Ell Paso last week on business. He is
connected with the Amagoza Mining
company, which owns some valuable
claims in Old Mexico. The company
will be Incorporated in the very near
future.
Willis James, one of the old time
residents of the Clifton-Morenci dis
trict and who is interested in various
mining claims of the district, was in
camp last week for a few days. He
reports the claims in his section as
looking we'll and is of the opinion
that the upper country is soon to
come to the front with flying colors.
Norman Carmichael, general man
ager of the Arizona Copper company,
who has been absent the past few
weeks on business connected with the
company, returned home Tuesday
evening on the belated passenger.
He will no doubt make several i'm
portant announcements in the near
future in connection with new i'm
provements for the A. c. company.
The Shannon output for the month
of February was $50 tons of Bessemer
copper. The company is in position
to produce a much larger output than
the above, but at the present price
of copper there is no encouragement
to draw on ore bodies to any great
extent. The plant is in excellent
running order and as soon as the
price of the metal advances to a
reasonable figure the Shannon will
make some runs that will most as
suredly open the eyes of the other
copper producing institutions.
E. o. Beauchamp, general manager
of the Gold Belt company, operating
near Morenci, was in this week and
reports some new developments at
the gold and copper.shafts. The COZ
per shaft is now down a depth of 325
feet, from which point drift will be
run to tap the copper vein. In order
20 run the shaft straight it was nee
essary to leave the vein and it is eX-
pected that it will require only a few
feet of drifting to reveal an excellent
ore body. At the gold shaft consid-
cradle amount of drifting is being
done. In one of the slopes an excel
lent new body of gold rock has. been
encountered, which demonstrates the
fact that the ground is well impreg-
mated with the golden metal. Plans
for the new mill are progressing
nicely and it will not be many months
before the construction work will be
commenced. The money shortage all
over the country has intefered con-
siderably with the progress of the
company, but now that things are
clearing up rapidly, it should not be
a question of long waiting to see that
the company has one of the best
gold propositions in Arizona. A num-
Der of stockholders have recently
visited the property and they were
all well pleased with the rapid ad-
vancement the company is making.
The Great American one ring cir
Gus, which performed in Clifton Mon
day and Tuesday nights was one of
the best tent shows that has struck
Clifton for some time. Their program
is short, but what they have is strict
ly frst-class. They gave two perform
ances each day and the tent was taxed
to its seating capacity each time.
They went from Clifton to Morenci
Wednesday to fill dates at that place
and as it is the first time that Cir
Gus has ventured in the Fill city, it
is needless to say that they did not
have enough seats to go around.
Their acrobatic and trapese work is
as good as can be seen in any of the
big tents.