The copper era., 1909-09-02

siderS to believe that the company is meeting with such results as will en- courage it to continue the work. De- velopment work should be continued on this property if possible, as it is one of the best propositions in the Metcalf section.
 W. B. Craner, who has been as- with the Shannon copper company for some time in the assay ing department, left yesterday morn- ing for Globe, where he has been transferred to become identified with the Arizona Commercial company, which company is controlled by pee pie who are interested in the Shan non, and of which company Mir. Ben nie is also general manager.
 The Standard copper mines con tinue to make regular shipments of ore to the D. c. company at Morenci and the Copper Queen at Douglas. If the district goes ahead as it should and copper advances in price the Standard can easily increase its monthly tonnage. The company has a considerable amount of ore that can be handled under a higher mar ket price.
 It is understood that an important mining deal has been under way in the Clifton Morenci district for some time. Foreign capital is interested in the transaction and should the deal be consummated there will be new company in here with several million to spend. We would like to see the promoters get a move on themselves. The more companies operating here the better it will be.
 George Fraser, uperintendent of the A. c. shelter, and c. O. Billings ley, shelter foreman of the same concern, spent Sunday last at the property of the Gold Belt company. They were accompanied by J. Back stein, Wm. Hoff, the Hagan brothers and several other Clifton people. They were well pleased with what they saw there and are of the opin- ion that the company has a bright future; especially so since gold mill will be erected at the mines.
 The erection of a gold mill within d short distance of the claims of the New York-Arizona company will be a great benefit to that company. It is known that for several years the New York-Arizona company has been fig uring on erecting a gold mill, but the management has been in doubt as to what kind of mill is needed. When the mill is in operation on the Gold Belt the New York-Arizona company can no doubt arrange 10 have test run made of their ore. This com pany has thousands of tons of gold ore developed that will average in the neighborhood of S7.
 [. J. Backstein, lessee of the Gold Belt property, has a force of men at work grading the site of the new gold mill, which is contracted to be in operation by the first of November. The new pipe line is also being sur veyed. The present force is small to what it will be when the new ma chinery arrives. In order to com- plete the great amount of work that is necessary, MT. Backstein will have Hi ITa ,, 1O ing some work on the gold shaft and getting the property ready for busi- ness. It is estimated that in order to start the property up and the erection and completion of the mill and necessities thereto it will nec- essitate the expenditure of about s1O,OOO.
 J. O. Baylor, who has charge of the business interests of the Coppermines Company of Arizona at Clifton, is in receipt of information from Henry Catlin, consulting engineer, that he will arrive here before the 10th of September. Upon his arrival in Cliff ton, MT. Catlin will visit the mines and decide upon what property the new churn drills will be installed for development purposes. The drills have been shipped from the factory and should arrive here in the near future. Once the company com mences operations development work will be rushed as fast as possible. It is understood that the company is in possession of ample finances to go ahead with its original plans, which means that the Clifton-Morenci dis trict will be adorned with another smelter in the not far distant future. Actual Copper Figures of CIiftOn-MOrenci
 District.
 For several years it has been claimed by the Era and Clifton people that the total copper output of the Clifton Morenci district was P ,000, 900 pounds, but official figures, and which by the VII, ', ,us ra turned ir, Inv tbe cOmnapias