The copper era., 1909-02-18
The COppermines Company of Arizona.

The COppermlneS Company or ArlZ0Df.
 The above named company is the largest new organization represented in the Clifton Morenci district. and as it controls many claims formerly owned by individuals of this district, its success is ot much importance. The company is capitalized at 2,000,O00 shares of the par value of $500 each. LOGO, 900 shares is cumulative pre- ferred and the balance common. l6I. .O0O shares of the cumulative pre- ferred stock has been issued for the payment of properties, the organiza- tion of the company, and mining and other expenses, the balance of the stock remaining in the treasury. For the purpose of C arrying on active operations of the company 500,0 shares of the cumulative preferred stock is now being offered for sale at S5.OO per share.
 The present officers and directors of the company are as follows: Lewis NixOu, president; w. P. Fairman, vice-president: F. k. Rittman, secre- tary and treasurer.
 Geo. J. Roesch, Pres. Ridge Ave. Bank and Bergner- -Engel Brewing Co.,, Philadelphia.
 William McAdoo, prominent at torney of New York: l.. H. Hole, with w. N. Coles SS Company, bankers, New York: Gen. c. F. Humphrey, quartermaster Gen. U. $. army, re- tired, at present with Dupont Powder EfA f1i n Samuel R. Percy, of Percy & Small, shipbuilders, Bath, Maine: T. P. Fay Tor, manufacturer, Bridgeport, Coun: R. $. Baldwin, of Walkup, Baldwin x Co New York; StepheS w. Dorsey, or Los Angeles, Cal; Edmond H. Moves, ot Boston. Mass
 The following gentlemen are among the foreign members of the board: Sir John Lister-Kaye, London; Joseph .Brailsford, Sheffield, Eng; pr. F. Wegmann, Zurick.
 The properties owned by the com pany consist of 95 mining claims, re- presenting d total acreage of 1862, md extending from one end of the great CliftOn-Morenci district to the other. These properties adjoin and e,nterlock with various producing mines of the Arizona, Detroit and
 
 the company Is successful in carrying out the system of development that is at present contemplated, there appears to be little doubt of another great producer in this district. In order to give those familiar with the CHfton-Morenci district q better idea of the property controlled by the company, we mention the following groups: Keystone, O'Donnell, Becker, Celtic, Bonanza, Corona, Crystalina. Stevens, and Garcia. In addition to the above groups of mining claims the company owns 620 acres oI land On the San Francisco river for mill site purposes and a similar acreage for townsites.
 Since the first organization of the company d considerable amount of capital has been expended in assess nent and development work, besides d number of prominent mining en- gineers from all over the United States have examined and reported upon the various groups. That the company now intends to rush devel- Opment work seems to be an assured fact, as $. w. Dorsey and Engineer Harry G. Catliu, of New York, are due to arrive in Clifton the first part If March Upon their visit here it will be decided on which property the first extensive work will be com menced.
 On some of the groups named above there has been a considerable amount Jf money spent by previous owners, md the COppermines Company of Arizona starts with d brighter future than most mining companies iI Ari- LOna